Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18
From: Neal Hogan nealho...@gmail.com To: Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, 13 August, 2009 7:41:02 PM Subject: Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18 On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Sandip Sandipnew.debianu...@yahoo.in wrote: I am trying to install a realtek 8139 lan card on an old debian machine - 2.4.18-bf2.4 The card is properly installed - as in when I connect the lan cable it the lights on the card start blinking. However, I am unable to access internet. Do I need to install drivers and how do I do that? What else have you done? Did you just plug it in? I also read up the network howto and tried things like putting eth0 in /etc/network/interfaces, trying eth0 up, etc. No use - till now. What does you system think of the card (eg, what is the output of lspci | grep Realtek of dmesg)? What's the output of ifconfig -a? lspci shows 00:0b.0 Ethernet Controller: MYSON Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0803 (dont know from where has this MYSON come in) grep of dmesg of realtek/ real/ myson/ 0803/ 8139 shows nothing! ifconfig -a shows eth0 Link encap Ethernet HWAaddr 00:A1:B0:etc. BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU etc. Some RX TX data - all zeroes Interrupt:5 Base address:0xf *Only* ifconfig shows lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric: 1 modconf shows has option to install a module for realtek 8139, though there are other network cards How is your IP assigned? Do you have an ISP provided router or is this machine on the inside of a personal network? It is a cable internet connection. On my Win XP laptop, I need to connect the cable in my lan card port and I can access internet. The IP address, DNS Server address is auto-assigned - DHCP. What is in /etc/network/interfaces? /etc/network/interfaces shows: auto lo iface lo inet loopback There are a bunch of debian networking tutorials. Google lead me to the following (among other things): http://www.debian-administration.org/article/An_introduction_to_Debian_networking_setup http://www.aboutdebian.com./ http://wiki.debian.org/Network [+] Sure - tried these and a couple of others. But most *assume* that the network card is installed, recognized properly. In my case, I think that is the missing link - but I may be wrong. Hope I am able to resolve it! Sandip Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com
Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18
From: Neal Hogan nealho...@gmail.com To: Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Saturday, 15 August, 2009 6:44:26 PM Subject: Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18 What does you system think of the card (eg, what is the output of lspci | grep Realtek of dmesg)? What's the output of ifconfig -a? lspci shows 00:0b.0 Ethernet Controller: MYSON Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0803 (dont know from where has this MYSON come in) Why do you think you have a realtek card? Because I have installed it in the slot myself! And before installing it, I had read it to be Realtek. Moreover, the person who gave it to me also confirms that it is a Realtek card. What is in /etc/network/interfaces? /etc/network/interfaces shows: auto lo iface lo inet loopback What did you do at install when it asked to config your network? lo is not an interface that will get you out in the virtual world. It's an internal if. It looks as though you just need to config your card. I have not done anything other than what I mentioned aboove - added lines to /etc/network/interfaces, etc. But removed these when they did not help. There are a bunch of debian networking tutorials. Google lead me to the following (among other things): http://www.debian-administration.org/article/An_introduction_to_Debian_networking_setup http://www.aboutdebian.com./ http://wiki.debian.org/Network [+] Sure - tried these and a couple of others. But most *assume* that the network card is installed, recognized properly. In my case, I think that is the missing link - but I may be wrong. I'm pretty sure you are wrong. I don't know if your card is supported by debian (although there is talk about it on google), but you need to tell your card to go get an IP address . . . in the /etc/ network/interfaces. As of now, you just have the lo interface config'd If you're using a shnazzy wm/de, then you may have a nice gui-riffic program to modify that file (eg.., kdm - look for something like network configuration). I suggest you look at those tutorials again and configure your card. I think the card is not 'installed'. Which place do I see to ensure that the machine is seeing that card at all? modprobe? modconf? I got 'SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable' twice when I tried ifconfig eth0 192.168.0..1 up command as root. I think the computer does not recognize there is a card because there is no module! How do I install 8139 module? Also, I googled a bit and have already turned plug n play OS OFF in BIOS. Hope I am giving adequate information. Sandip Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com
installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18
I am trying to install a realtek 8139 lan card on an old debian machine - 2..4.18-bf2.4 The card is properly installed - as in when I connect the lan cable it the lights on the card start blinking. However, I am unable to access internet. Do I need to install drivers and how do I do that? Thanks, Sandip Looking for local information? Find it on Yahoo! Local http://in.local.yahoo.com/
Re: connecting cable modem through usb port
From: Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in To: Sudev Barar sba...@gmail.com Cc: User, Debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, 9 June, 2009 12:52:15 PM Subject: Re: connecting cable modem through usb port 2009/6/9 Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in: Is it that the modem is not 'installed'? Also, the same modem works without any username and password on another windows machine after connecting it on the LAN port. A lot of suggestions here were to install the LAN card. I have now installed a Realtek 8139 LAN Card. The lights turn on when I start the PC and it is connected to the cable modem. But still I am not able to access internet. Do I need to 'install'/ configure it? How do I do that? Thanks in advance, Sandip See the Web#39;s breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/
Re: connecting cable modem through usb port
2009/6/9 Sandip Sandip new.debianu...@yahoo.in: Is it that the modem is not 'installed'? Also, the same modem works without any username and password on another windows machine after connecting it on the LAN port. While in parlance you can call it modem technically it is a modem only if connecting through serial port. If it is connecting through network cable it is a network device and your problem would be more in area of setting up IP and ranges. Its a cable modem. When I connect a Windows machine to it, I connect it on the LAN port (Network cable). Once the modem is on, I need no configuration, usernames, passwords, etc. I can access the net. When I connect it to my Debian box, I need to connect it to USB (as my Debian box does not have LAN port - Ethernet cable), I am not able to access the net. So, do I need to 'install' the modem so Debian knows there is a networking device on the USB port and then use pppconfig. Apologies if I am not able to use appropriate technical terms. -- Sandip Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com
connecting cable modem through usb port
Hello all, I have an old debian 2.4x kernel machine. I want to connect a cable modem through the usb port. CDCEther support is on. When the machine is up and running cable modem LEDs show PC connection. But I am not able to access internet. What is missing? Do I need to set-up/ configure anythine more? I do not know if I have provided enough information or what more information will be needed. Thanks in advance. Sandip Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel http://in.travel.yahoo.com/
Re: connecting cable modem through usb port
Sudev Barar writes: AFAIK you will have to do something like pppconfig to make a ppp connection for this to work. Not pppconfig. For a DSL modem configured as a bridge (most default to router these days) he would need to run pppoeconf but I don't think that any cable providers use PPPoE. No luck for me! Tried pppconfig but it could not recognize the modem. Is it that the modem is not 'installed'? Also, the same modem works without any username and password on another windows machine after connecting it on the LAN port. Thanks in advance for your help. -- Sandip Bollywood news, movie reviews, film trailers and more! Go to http://in.movies.yahoo.com/
