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ke4nt1

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Posted: Oct. 14 2004,17:29

In searching the forums for 8139too ..
( the search output is here )
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....8425036

The listings I find are with laptops with Integrated Realtec 8139 nics

Your post shows an 8139too in both your lsmod and /proc/pci
Surely these links to the 8139 continue to show up in lsmod and
/proc/pci even with the cardbus card removed from the system, yes ?

My guess is that your computer does indeed have a
realtec 8139 nic somewhere in it..

Your card looks to be the Digitus DN7001G Cardbus 54MBps WLAN card.

Here is some data on the 7001 that I was able to google search for
http://www.rst-consult.com/linux/redhat71/wavelan.txt
Search in the page for 7001 ..

The cardbus card wants the wvlan.o driver, not the 8139too.

Let us know when you get this issue resolved,
then we can help with getting the wlan card up and running..

73
ke4nt

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Posted: Oct. 14 2004,19:06

i have no wireless lan adapter. its a normal ethernet adapter.

and i disabled dhcp with boot command nodhcp.

i don't see dhcp broadcasting on boot. but i got the same problems.

i tried to use the pcnet_cs module. but i got undefined symbol errors.

any other idea?

ke4nt1

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Posted: Oct. 14 2004,19:37

Hmm.. I did not see a cardbus adapter that wasn't a wireless
on the website.. my bad..

Then your card is the one shown in lsmod ,which is being detected and currently loaded and in service..

Can you pick out the model number, like dm 2002, etc ?

Did you try a " sudo ifdown eth0 " command first to kill any existing incorrect default setup?

..and shouldn't your command to bring it up be more like ..
" ifconfig eth0 10.5.1.141 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast x.x.x.x "

followed by
" route add default gw 10.5.1.254 " ?

rather than
" ifconfig eth0 10.5.1.141 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.5.1.254 " ?

73
ke4nt

DaCuBaN

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Posted: Oct. 14 2004,19:42

Is this your network adapter?

Quote

Beschreibung:
# IEEE 802.3 und IEEE 802.3u kompatibel
# 20 / 200 Mbit im Vollduplex
# 32 Bit PC-Card kompatibel

Ausführungen:
PCMCIA FAST ETHERNET 10/100 MBIT, 1 RJ-45
136736 / DN-2002C PCMCIA Fast Ethernet Netzwerkadapter

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I feel like I've just had a brain enema... and it feels good

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Posted: Oct. 14 2004,20:04

the picture above shows my nic.

i always work as root. and i tried to set down interface first. i also unloaded the driver and load the driver (module) manually.

and i tried different ifconfig commands without using gateway

where i can find the kernel source and command make for dsl?

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