Networking :: another ethernet problem...
I have an old machine -400mhx hp with 64mb ram. It used to run windows 98 and connect to internet via dialup and more recently usb broadband.
Yesterday i replaced the analogue modem with a (cheap unbranded) ethernet card. Windows connected fine via the router.
Next I installed red hat 9 - too slow, so i came here! DSL is up and running ok, but has never connected to the net. I have also tried it from my main machine which uses a broadcom ethernet controller built into the motherboard (abit KD7-S).
So I assume that because other O/s's using the same lan cable can access the net it is a matter of making DSL configure the ethernet controller.
I have searched and not got very far (mainly because I am not entirely sure what im searching for). So I would be grateful for any help.
As stated above I dont have any info on the ethernet card, but if there is a command i can use to get info, i can do that.
thanks in advance for any help! 
Hi
There are lots of reasons it's not working. The default boot up looks for and tries to load the modules for your net card. It then tries to start the net card and use DHCP to get it's address.
To see if it found your card at a shell prompt type
dmesg
look for messages that mention eth0. That should let you know if it was found.
Next at a shell prompt type
ifconfig
If eth0 was started you should see information about your net card.
If it is started and does not have an address it did not receive an address using DHCP.
If that is the case you probably net to set the address using the netcardconfig script.
good luck
thanks hawki, ill let you know, gotta go out now, but i will try later!
Ok, here are the relavent responces....
dmesg - eth0 appears in the middle and all seems well, then the last 5 lines contain things such as "transmit time out"
Ifconfig - eth0 does not appear until "ifconfig eth0 up" is run, then there is no assigned ip address.
netcardconfig - failed.
pinging my router fails because "network unreachable".
So I guess there is a problem with this DHCP thingamboby.....I belive that this lan cable is always assigned the same ip, so i assume that this is a static ip, does this make a difference?? Thanks for any further info!!
Hi
I'm not sure what you mean about
netcardconfig - failed
My guess is that either your cable connection is not working or your router is not configured to assign addresses correctly.
You can further test your netcard by assigning it an address with the netcardconfig script in DSL panel.
Set it to something like 192.168.0.10
Then at a shell prompt type
sudo ping 192.168.0.10
ctrl-c to end
If that works your netcard should be functional.
You will then have to troubleshoot the cable and router.
good luck
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