Thin client configuration problems

Mon Dec 31 16:48:44 GMT 2007

On Dec 31, 2007 7:36 AM, Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can you post the complete output of:
>
>        ifconfig -a
>        lspci
>        dmesg |grep eth

I will, but there are some other problems that have come up that probably
have to be dealt with first:

>
>
> 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).

At this point (probably due to some of yesterday's fiddling around), all of
my internet activity is going through ppp0 - but by way of eth1, not eth0
(watching the packet numbers and tracking through network tools makes that
very clear). The DSL modem cable is physically plugged into the NIC that is
NOT on the mother board and everything I can see in the config files (I'll
paste them below) tells me that eth1 should have a static ip address (I even
reinstalled firestarter and set eth0 as the internet connection and eth1 as
the lan), but ifconfig still tells me that dhcp is running both devices and
there is no static ip for eth1.
Can you figure out what it is that's controlling my settings? Here are the
files:

====================
[/etc/network/interfaces]
auto lo eth1 eth0
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto dsl-provider
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
provider dsl-provider

iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.0.254
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.254

auto eth1
===================

under the "devices" tab in Network Tools, eth1 is configured with a static
ip,
ip 192.168.0.254
subnet mast 255.255.255.0

and eth 0 is left to DHCP

Now, here's the ifconfig -a:
===================
dbclinton at dbclinton-desktop:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:5B:3E:13:7C
          inet6 addr: fe80::219:5bff:fe3e:137c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:67 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:14367 (14.0 KB)  TX bytes:492 (492.0 b)
          Interrupt:19

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:20:D9:7D:64
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:20ff:fed9:7d64/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1574 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1247 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:742200 (724.8 KB)  TX bytes:308206 (300.9 KB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          LOOPBACK  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:64.56.249.221  P-t-P:216.254.132.30  Mask:
255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
          RX packets:1135 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1181 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:690780 (674.5 KB)  TX bytes:279624 (273.0 KB)
===================

note the packets processed by eth1 as opposed to eth2.
In any case here's the lspci output:
===================
dbclinton at dbclinton-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub
Interface (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated
Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI
Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface
Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE
Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
(rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
(ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet
Adapter (rev 11) (rev 11)
01:01.0 Communication controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division USR 56k Internal
WinModem
01:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
Controller (rev 46)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet
Controller (rev 02)
=================
...and the dmesg |grep eth:
dbclinton at dbclinton-desktop:~$ dmesg |grep eth
[   34.718770] skge eth0: addr 00:19:5b:3e:13:7c
[   35.046775] e100: eth1: e100_probe: addr 0xfe9fb000, irq 21, MAC addr
00:13:20:D9:7D:64
[   78.748493] skge eth0: enabling interface
[   78.786552] e100: eth1: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex
[   79.298435] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   80.434459] skge eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control
both
[   80.435994] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[   89.592641] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[   90.716039] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
===================
I wonder if the problem is the "auto eth1" line at the end of interfaces -
do you have to reboot after making that change?
I appreciate all this,
David
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