Re: [gentoo-user] Re: live cd, ip fail

[Thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com>]

On 7/7/07, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> This is telling us that your default card is not getting an IP address back
> from the router.  I am assuming that this is because you do not have a cat5
> cable connecting you to the router and you rely on the wireless adapter,
> which in turn has not been configured?
[...]

It's kinda one of those things where more information would just muddy
the waters ;)

However, the fedora live cd navigates it fine.  I repeat this to make
clear that the depth of the issue should shallow, or at least this is
my belief.

> > livecd ~ # ifconfig
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:88:37:FA:22
>
> Do you know which device this MAC address belongs to?  lshw should show you.

Because I use the Asus WL-330g, it has to use specific NIC, in this
case the built-in NIC, the SiS, since that's what it's configured for.
 I'll look into it.

> It seems that only one device is configured (eth0).  Knowing which device
> (wired or wireless) is mapped to eth0 would help the whole process.

gotcha.

> OK you have two adaptors:
> > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI
> > Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
>
> > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
>
> I don't know which one is a wireless and which one is a wired NIC (from a
> quick google they both look like wired PCI cards to me).

yes, both wired.

> > livecd ~ # lsmod
> > Module                  Size  Used by
>
> > sis900                 20992  0
> > 8139too                22912  0
> > mii                     7168  2 sis900,8139too
>
> Modules have been installed.

good.  this is a major point from my point of view:  this is *not* a
driver issue?

> > livecd ~ # dmesg | grep -i net
> > Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.2.9-k4
> > 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
> This does not have a configured interface.
>
> > eth1: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xb000, IRQ 22, 00:16:ec:23:af:88.
> > 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
> > eth1: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xb000, IRQ 22, 00:16:ec:23:af:88.
> This one does and it is eth1.
>
> When you run /sbin/dhcpcd eth1 what do you get?

will do.

> You may also want to try iwconfig eth0, or iwconfig eth1 in case either are
> wireless adaptors.  If none of your PCI cards are wireless you may want to
> modprobe -r 8139too since it is not being recognised anyway, re- modprobe -v
> sis900 and check what is shown under ifconfig as a recognised NIC device.

Thanks, yes.  From Linux (gentoo or fedora) it doesn't even appear to
be a wireless conection to my knowledge.  I'll try that modprobe and
will get back to the list.

> Hope this helps.
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>
>


Thank you,

Thufir


ps:  I used the live cd, 2006, on a different box (different
motherboard) with the same Asus WL-330g wireless bridge device
thing-a-ma-jig in the past.  worked fine.  This is a different NIC,
but...I might try the 2006 CD, too.
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