[gentoo-user] Networking Issue

[gentoo-user] Networking Issue

[Jonathan Haws]

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I am running Gentoo on a Sager NP5560 and am having a nightmare getting
the networking to work right.  I finally have the Intel 2915ABG card
working just fine, but I cannot seem to get the Ethernet to work at all.
I have configured it for DHCP and it will not get an address.  I have
other systems on the same network that get DHCP addresses just fine
(WinXP and Suse Linux).  Here are some specs:

 

Kernel: 2.6.20.1

Gentoo Linux

Ethernet card: Realtek card using r8169 module

 

Any ideas?  The /etc/conf.d/net file is very basic.  All is has is
config_eth1=("dhcp") then the wireless stuff.  I could get eth1 to work
if I manually assigned an address, but now that doesn't work either.
Any help is appreciated.

 

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Jonathan.Haws@sdl.usu.edu

 

 

 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Networking Issue

[Dan Johansson]

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On Thursday 25 October 2007, Jonathan Haws wrote:
> I am running Gentoo on a Sager NP5560 and am having a nightmare getting
> the networking to work right.  I finally have the Intel 2915ABG card
> working just fine, but I cannot seem to get the Ethernet to work at all.
> I have configured it for DHCP and it will not get an address.  I have
> other systems on the same network that get DHCP addresses just fine
> (WinXP and Suse Linux).  Here are some specs:
>
>
>
> Kernel: 2.6.20.1
>
> Gentoo Linux
>
> Ethernet card: Realtek card using r8169 module
>
>
>
> Any ideas?  The /etc/conf.d/net file is very basic.  All is has is
> config_eth1=("dhcp") then the wireless stuff.  I could get eth1 to work
> if I manually assigned an address, but now that doesn't work either.
> Any help is appreciated.
You're sure that the Ethernet card is eth1 and not eth0?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Networking Issue

[Alan]

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On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:57:24PM +0200, Dan Johansson wrote:
> On Thursday 25 October 2007, Jonathan Haws wrote:
> > I am running Gentoo on a Sager NP5560 and am having a nightmare getting
> > the networking to work right.  I finally have the Intel 2915ABG card
> > working just fine, but I cannot seem to get the Ethernet to work at all.
> > I have configured it for DHCP and it will not get an address.  I have
> > other systems on the same network that get DHCP addresses just fine
> > (WinXP and Suse Linux).  Here are some specs:
> >
> >
> >
> > Kernel: 2.6.20.1
> >
> > Gentoo Linux
> >
> > Ethernet card: Realtek card using r8169 module
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas?  The /etc/conf.d/net file is very basic.  All is has is
> > config_eth1=("dhcp") then the wireless stuff.  I could get eth1 to work
> > if I manually assigned an address, but now that doesn't work either.
> > Any help is appreciated.
> You're sure that the Ethernet card is eth1 and not eth0?


You can test which card is plugged in by typing 'mii-tool' from the
command line (or install it if it's not there already).



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RE: [gentoo-user] Networking Issue

[Adam Carter]

> > > Any ideas?  The /etc/conf.d/net file is very basic.  All is has is
> > > config_eth1=("dhcp") then the wireless stuff.  I could 
> get eth1 to work
> > > if I manually assigned an address, but now that doesn't 
> work either.
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > You're sure that the Ethernet card is eth1 and not eth0?
> 
> 
> You can test which card is plugged in by typing 'mii-tool' from the
> command line (or install it if it's not there already).

I think mii-tool will only work with some older drivers, and ethtool is
probably a better bet.

Lets start at the beginning - what is displayed when you run ifconfig
-a?
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RE: [gentoo-user] Networking Issue

[Jonathan Haws]

Here is the output of ifconfig -a:

crush jrhaws # ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
00-11-06-66-F5-4A-25-9E-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:F5:4A:25:9E
          inet addr:169.254.179.131  Bcast:169.254.255.255
Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:147 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3577 (3.4 Kb)  TX bytes:33354 (32.5 Kb)
          Interrupt:16 Base address:0x6c00

eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:F0:E1:47:19
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000 Memory:b0000000-b0000fff

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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

crush jrhaws # mii-tool

SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
eth1: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth2' failed: Operation not supported

Eth0 is my firewire port.  Eth1 is the wired LAN (realtek) connection.
Mii-tool shows that the link is up, but I cannot get an IP address with
dhcp, nor does a static assignment work (using ifconfig or
/etc/conf.d/net).  What can I do?

I can't install ethtool since I cannot get online.  No wireless networks
are available where I am at.

Jonathan R. Haws
Jonathan.Haws@sdl.usu.edu
 
 
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From: Adam Carter [mailto:Adam.Carter@optus.com.au] 
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:54 PM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Networking Issue

> > > Any ideas?  The /etc/conf.d/net file is very basic.  All is has is
> > > config_eth1=("dhcp") then the wireless stuff.  I could 
> get eth1 to work
> > > if I manually assigned an address, but now that doesn't 
> work either.
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > You're sure that the Ethernet card is eth1 and not eth0?
> 
> 
> You can test which card is plugged in by typing 'mii-tool' from the
> command line (or install it if it's not there already).

I think mii-tool will only work with some older drivers, and ethtool is
probably a better bet.

Lets start at the beginning - what is displayed when you run ifconfig
-a?
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