Re: ethernet card (hamm)
Jonas Bofjall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now I can't get networking to actually work. I can't ping anything except > the loopback (127.0.0.1) and my own IP address. Does the latter mean that > my network card works or does the packet never leave the machine? It could be a configuration error. The packet never leaves your machine for your own address anyway. Can you look at the back of the card and see any lights flashing in time with the ping packets? Does the entry for the card in /proc/interrupts increase? Can another machine ping yours? Does "tcpdump" show any network traffic? Does /proc/net/arp show any other addresses when you try to ping them? > `route' displays: > Destination GatewayGenmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > localnet * 255.255.0.0 U 0 02 eth0 > 127.0.0.0* 255.0.0.0U 0 01 lo > default0.0.0.0 UG1 00 eth0 > Where `' is the correct IP of my gateway (I choose not to write > it down here of various reasons). It takes rather long time before the > third entry shows up, not minutes perhaps but many seconds. This could be because it's trying to look up the name in DNS. How about "netstat -rn"? Is 255.255.0.0 the correct netmask for your network? I don't think there are many class B networks around. > `ifconfig eth0' has the right IP, Bcast and Netmask -- but the wrong base > IO address. It says 0x230 and the module when loaded says 0x220. I think this is just what the SMC Ultra card does. Have a look at /proc/ioports. > How do I proceed to locate the actual problem? (I mean: how do I find out > if the hardware is malfunctioning, if the module doesn't work with my card > or if there's a configuration problem?) The module usually won't load if it's incompatible. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: ethernet card (hamm)
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Jonas Bofjall wrote: > Now I can't get networking to actually work. I can't ping anything except > the loopback (127.0.0.1) and my own IP address. Does the latter mean that > my network card works or does the packet never leave the machine? > > `ifconfig eth0' has the right IP, Bcast and Netmask -- but the wrong base > IO address. It says 0x230 and the module when loaded says 0x220. However, > when I try `ifconfig eth0 io_addr 0x220' it answers `SIOCSIFMAP: Operation > not supported'. > > How do I proceed to locate the actual problem? (I mean: how do I find out > if the hardware is malfunctioning, if the module doesn't work with my card > or if there's a configuration problem?) If you have the original disk available for the ethernet card, they usually have a ms-dos based configuration utility to test the card and set ports and irqs. Also take a look at the /usr/src/kernel-source under your module for the ethernet card and there may be documentation on options you can pass when loading the module. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
ethernet card (hamm)
I have decided to install something unixish on an old 486/33 which just sits in the lab, which has a crashed MSwin311 installation and no one uses it. I don't have much info on hardware but I've figured out most of it. The network card has `SMC' printed on it so I choose the first SMC driver (I think its called `ultra') and it detects the network card at 0x220 IRQ 10. I installed hamm and it went very smoothly to just after the base disks unpacking, where the machine locked up. Or at least I think it locked up, it just sat silently with no `dialog box' on screen and appearently did nothing for ten minutes, so I rebooted. I think this was the `configuring modules' phase of installation. I just skipped this step and went on with the configuration and installation of LILO. Now I can't get networking to actually work. I can't ping anything except the loopback (127.0.0.1) and my own IP address. Does the latter mean that my network card works or does the packet never leave the machine? `route' displays: Destination GatewayGenmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface localnet * 255.255.0.0 U 0 02 eth0 127.0.0.0* 255.0.0.0U 0 01 lo default0.0.0.0 UG1 00 eth0 Where `' is the correct IP of my gateway (I choose not to write it down here of various reasons). It takes rather long time before the third entry shows up, not minutes perhaps but many seconds. What does the flags, metric, ref and use columns mean? I've compared the values with other working installations so I suppose they are correct. `ifconfig eth0' has the right IP, Bcast and Netmask -- but the wrong base IO address. It says 0x230 and the module when loaded says 0x220. However, when I try `ifconfig eth0 io_addr 0x220' it answers `SIOCSIFMAP: Operation not supported'. How do I proceed to locate the actual problem? (I mean: how do I find out if the hardware is malfunctioning, if the module doesn't work with my card or if there's a configuration problem?) // Jonas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2:201/262.37] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
