On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:40:32 +1300 Patrick Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> here;'s all the info I can find > > I have been told variously (depending on documentation) that I need > 8139too, 8139cp or rtl8139 as the driver. Debian [3.0r2] seems to be > loading rtl8139 even though there is nothing in /etc/modules.conf for it. > This was an option selected at install time. > > Apparently for 8139C chipset I need 8139cp, how do I get it to use that > instead of rtl8139 which is being loaded by some inscrutable means at > startup and which apparently isn't working? > > By working I mean that I can't ping the Windows machine or vice versa, > which should be possible? > > The lights are on on the card on the Windows machine, so there seems to > be the low level cable connection working correctly. > > The Windows machine has Netbios over TCP enabled, static IP address > 192.168.0.2, file and print sharing bound to TCP/IP, can ping itself. > Linux machine has the address 192.168.0.1 and can ping itself OK. How do you have the two PC's linked? Are you using a hub or are the 2 directly wired using a cross-over cable? If you are using a hub (or switch) do you have link lights active on both connections?
