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jimbo62

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Posted: June 03 2005,15:27

I just installed version 1.0.1. I have a Broadcom 4401 network adapter that DSL doesn't recognize. In other DSL versions, "modprobe b44" gets the driver loaded and "ifconfig eth0 <ip> etc, etc, etc." gets the interface up and running.

The modprobe command gets the driver loaded but for some reason the usual ifconfig line doesn't work. But if I use netcardconfig and accept the DHCP option, everything works.

But I would like to automate the process by adding lines to /opt/bootlocal.sh. I have searched for about an hour and I haven't found any reference to using DHCP to activate the network, except from within netcardconfig.

Can someone tell me what the commands are for using DHCP to set up eth0?

Thanks, jimbo

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Posted: June 03 2005,16:39

Just after you do modprobe, check if there is any instance of "pump" running: open XTerminal, type "sudo ps ax", and check. If there is (which is usually my problem), you have to kill it first by issuing "sudo pump -k" before doing the automatic dhcp broadcast using "sudo pump -i eth0". After issuing this last command, check your dhcp status using "sudo pump -s".

jimbo62

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Posted: June 03 2005,19:06

Thanks guest! That works. And I placed the commands in /opt/bootlocal.sh and when DSL boots up the interface gets setup and Firefox connects to the Internet without any further configuration.

Is the "pump -i eth0" command exactly what the netcardconfig DHCP option does?

Thanks again, jimbo

gjhicks

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Posted: June 20 2005,10:02

Hi,

Am using DSL 1.2.1 and can not get the broadcom b44 ethernet adapter to work.

Have tried the "modprobe" suggestions here and elsewhere on the forum, with the following result:

It seems that, although the 'b44.o' driver module file is present, 'modprobe' can't find it - even when fully specified.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Geoff.

Pixel
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Posted: June 21 2005,00:55

I'm having the same problem, the b44 module claims "no such device", even though it's a 440x ethernet adapter... anyone have any suggestions?

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