On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:17:29AM -0200, Guilherme Kujawski wrote:
> hi,
>
> i'm building a little LAN here in my house.
> my linux connects the ISP via ppp0;
> i sticked a 3Com in my linux and got a eth0.
> now a want connect my Win95 with linux via eth0.
> the hell is that i'm not having success in assign a IP number to my eth0
> device. as my plan is (in a short term) turn my linux box into a proxy, i
> decided choose a 192.168.9.xxx number for my eth0 device.
>
> but in doing that i've got this:
>
> yocul:~# ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.0
> general protection fault: 0000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010:[<001390bc>]
> EFLAGS: 00010286
General protection fault on Linux?? Amazing.
I just tried the same command on a Linux box (2.0.36 kernel,
libc5, ifconfig from Red Hat net-tools-1.32.alpha-2).
Worked OK.
You might check to see if your 3com drivers are up-to-date;
if you're running a recent 3c900 or 3c905 they are not up-to-date,
unless you've already replaced the drivers in the kernel with
recent ones.
Look in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/3c95x.c for a URL.
Look also for IRQ or I/O address conflicts.
If you're running a 3c501, dispose of it appropriately:
in a landfill. Don't incinerate it.
--
Dan Wilder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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