Is it supported by Mandrake?  That is the big question.  The 3Com 3c5x9 did
appear in the list of bundled drivers when I installed Mandrake 7.

I have played with the NetConf, trying manual and dhcp configs.  Everything
there saves correctly but eth0 is still not a listed device.  Procs
referring to eth0 all return No such device and NO eth devices are in /dev.

The link light is on on the NIC but no link or activity appears on the
router.  I confirmed the NIC settings again.  I was able to run a NIC echo
test that DID indicate activity on the router.  So, only running under
Linux, no router link activity appears.  Makes sense since there is no eth
device.

So why are there no eth devices?  Shouldn't they appear in /dev?

Glenn


>
>Glenn Holden escribi�:
>
>> Ok - When I ifup eth0, it returns "Delaying eth0 initialization"
>> I checked my ifconfig - it is setup
>> When I cat /procs/interrupts, eth0 is still not listed.
>> Reboot doesn't do anything.  (Too used to using Win, I had to try it.)
>
>Is your ethernet card supported by Mandrake?  If so have you
>already configured
>it through DrakConf -> Network -> Connection ?
>
>If your card is up and running you should see eth0 on when running
>ifconfig:
>
>--------------
>[root@quinipc download]# ifconfig
>eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:67:73:83:09
>          inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:19548 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:19279 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:12
>          collisions:5 txqueuelen:100
>          RX bytes:24067198 (22.9 Mb)  TX bytes:2004792 (1.9 Mb)
>          Interrupt:7 Base address:0x8000
>
>lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>          RX packets:508 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:508 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>          RX bytes:51742 (50.5 Kb)  TX bytes:51742 (50.5 Kb)
>
>[root@quinipc download]#
>--------------
>
>and lsmod should show your ethernet's card driver loaded (mine is 8139too):
>
>--------------
>[root@quinipc download]# lsmod
>Module                  Size  Used by
>sr_mod                 15008   1  (autoclean)
>isofs                  18560   1  (autoclean)
>sb                      7632   0
>sb_lib                 34448   0  [sb]
>uart401                 6544   0  [sb_lib]
>sound                  57984   0  [sb_lib uart401]
>soundcore               4080   5  [sb_lib sound]
>scanner                 7424   0  (unused)
>printer                 5824   0
>usb-uhci               21616   0  (unused)
>usbcore                49728   1  [scanner printer usb-uhci]
>8139too                12384   1  (autoclean)
>ide-scsi                7904   1
>nls_iso8859-1           2880   3  (autoclean)
>nls_cp850               3632   2  (autoclean)
>vfat                    9552   2  (autoclean)
>fat                    31424   0  (autoclean) [vfat]
>reiserfs              168480   3
>initio                 19388   2
>sd_mod                 11284   2
>scsi_mod               91100   4  [sr_mod ide-scsi initio sd_mod]
>[root@quinipc download]#
>--------------
>
>Hope that helps  ;)
>
>
>> Thanks
>> Glenn
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: etharp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> >Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:35 AM
>> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Glenn Holden
>> >Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?
>> >
>> >
>> >On Wednesday 22 August 2001 23:37, Glenn Holden wrote:
>> >> Thanks Matt
>> >> ifconfig and ping both return some data, but I think it's just a local
>> >> loopback.  When I ifconfig eth0, I get No such device.
>> >> Where/how do I configure the eth0?
>> >> Glen
>> >first, the command to start an interface is ifup so if you try
>> >ifup eth0 you
>> >would get a message that could not start, then type netconf as
>root, in a
>> >text console. you will be able to steup your network, if you
>know all the
>> >settings anf type of card, etc. MAKE SURE your bios is set to plug
>> >and pray
>> >aware OS to "off"
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >>
>> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>
>> >> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Greer
>> >> >Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:02 PM
>> >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> >Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I test my NIC?
>> >> >
>> >> >--- Glenn Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >> My NIC tests ok with it's software.  How can I be
>> >> >> sure the correct drivers,
>> >> >> etc. are configured?  How do I test it?
>> >> >
>> >> >as root, type "ifconfig" from a console. Your nic
>> >> >should pop up with an ip address.
>> >> >
>> >> >Then i'd ping the loopback address ("ping 127.0.0.1")
>> >> >and your nic's ip address for good measure.
>> >> >
>> >> >If you pass all three tests you should be good to go.
>> >> >
>> >> >Matt
>> >> >
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