network cards won't connect

[Matt Price]

On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 07:21:40PM -0400, Alex Janssen wrote:
> Matt Price said the following on 10/23/2005 02:06 PM:
> 
> >On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 01:02:05PM -0400, Alex Janssen wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Matt Price said the following on 10/23/2005 11:13 AM:
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >>>THe installer recognized the wifi card and the ibm etherjet -- I
> >>>didn't try the 3com card atthe time.  But despite the recognition, it
> >>>could not establish an internet connection no matter how I tried the
> >>>configuration (dynamic, static, whatever).  Interestingly, the dhcp
> >>>log on my cheap smc wireless router showed offers made to this machine
> >>>when dhcp was attempted during installation, but the installer didn't
> >>>seem to recognize the offers.  
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>all of which is a long and convoluted way of saying "help".  I really
> >>>need the network on this machine, andwithout it e.g. I can't even
> >>>download "modconf" to help me understand what modules are being used
> >>>by these ethernet devices...  
> >>>
> >>>so, all help deeply appreciated.  thanks!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>Can you post the output of ifconfig?  Does it show an IP address for 
> >>your network card?
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >don't have any mechanism for getting information offo f this machine!
> >but here is a partial transcription:
> >
> >eth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:06:29:92:8B:D9
> >	 inet addr: 192.168.2.150  Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> >	inet6 addr: fe80::206::29ff:fe92:8bd9/64 Scope:Link
> >	UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> >	RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >	TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >	collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> >	RX bytes:1200 (1.1 KiB) TX bytes:4072 (3.9 KiB)
> >	Interrupt:9 Base address:0x4000
> >
> >this is the output when I configure the device statically.  When I
> >configure it with dhcp, the "inet addr" line is missing, otherwise
> >it's much the same.  Similar results with eth1 (the other ethernet
> >card).  I've taken the wireless card out for now as there may be other
> >issues on that piece of hardware.  
> >
> >does that help any?
> >
> >matt
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >
> >Matt Price	    matt.price at utoronto.ca
> >History Department, University of Toronto
> >(416) 978-2094
> >
> >The following addresses are for you if you're an evil spambot:
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> > 
> >
> I have a dwl g650 air plus running with Breezy on a Dell Inspiron 1100.  
> I remember after the installation it would not work until after I went 
> to the configuration and manually typed in the essid.  It would not pick 
> up on it automatically.  My ifconfig had no inet addr line either.  
> After that, it worked.
> 
> Here's my ifconfig output for ath0:
> ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:3D:3C:C3:4B
>          inet addr:192.168.0.129  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          inet6 addr: fe80::20f:3dff:fe3c:c34b/64 Scope:Link
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:21684 errors:36 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:36
>          TX packets:31425 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:200
>          RX bytes:11029799 (10.5 MiB)  TX bytes:3571411 (3.4 MiB)
>          Interrupt:11 Memory:f0c00000-f0c10000
> 
> Is your ath0 activated and does it have the correct essid?
> 

the install system/gnome sets my card up on wlan0.  Can you post your
/etc/network/interfaces -- I cna try copying it and see if ti works!
THough I think something is more fundamentlly wrong with my system
right now, as the ethernet cards aren't workingeither!

thx,

matt



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Matt Price	    matt.price at utoronto.ca
History Department, University of Toronto
(416) 978-2094
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