ethernet confusion...

[Matt Price]

thanks to both you guys.  replies inline here...

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:07:07AM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 22:56 -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> > The card seems to work and the green light comes on when I plug in a
> > cable;
> 
> That will be a response from that card itself, and it unfortunately no
> indication that software is playing the game.

ah, bummer. 

> 
> > auto eth1
> > 
> > iface eth1 inet static
> >       address 192.168.0.1
> >       netmask 255.255.255.0
> >       broadcast 192.168.0.255
> >       gateway 192.167.2.1 
> 
> You don't need to specify "gateway" on the second interface, unless
> you're playing with deep magic on routing :-)

how did you guess I wasn't at the "deep magic" level?
 
> > when I try "ifup eth1" I get this:
> > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> > eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> 
> Was this as a normal user? Try "sudo ifup eth1", or at worst,
> "sudo /etc/init.d/network restart"
> 
> Also, check to see if the kernel has recognised your card at all -
> "dmesg | grep eth". Was the card in place when the system booted?
> 
well, I think the card is recognized at boot; when the card is
installed, but not when it's removed, I get this in dmesg:
---------
Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers.
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: Card 'Plug & Play Ethernet Card'      <-- this is my card, I think
isapnp: Card 'CS4236B'
isapnp: 2 Plug & Play cards detected total
------------
but....  the kernel doesn't seem to want to load any modules for it.
The card itself has worked before, on another box which was running
redhat, so I'm pretty sure the problem isn't in the hardware itself.
Unfortunately I don't know anything specific about the card, as it was
scavenged from a friend.

what would y'all do next?  short of go out and buy another nic, as I'm
currently in a somewhat remote location.  

anyway, thanks,

matt


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