Thin client configuration problems

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, DB Clinton wrote:

> I really can't get anything out of my eth1 (LAN) card while in Linux
> (although, as before, when I boot my server to Windows XP the whole
> network functions just fine). I had a friend with lots of Unix, Linux,
> FreeBSD etc., experience come over today and we spent a few hours playing
> around, but we still can't wake up eth1 - 

Can you post the complete output of:

	ifconfig -a
	lspci 
	dmesg |grep eth

I presume the ip address and netmask the interface gets in windows is the
same as the one it gets in linux?  I presume also that the network cards
are the right way around (ie your cable isn't plugged into eth0 not eth1).

> when we ping it (192.168.0.254) from itself, the files are reported as
> going through, but no lights flash on the card itself and it's not
> possible to ping in or out from other machines (when they're booted to
> Windows) or get any sign of life.

I've looked at my computer here and when I ping my own network interface it
doesn't flash either so that's normal.  To see it flash you need to be
pinging something else (the pings don't need to succeed).  It should flash
each time a ping (or arp request) gets sent out.

Gavin