Standard network cable joined to a short crossover cable.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?
Lights are showing on both cards.
Next step is to connect the windows box to another windows box to test the network card thereby
