[SC.LUG] networking for idiots

[Robert Marshall]

On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Martyn Kinder wrote:

> One thought.
> 
> I'm not sure how to do this, but you may find the problem is due to (lack
> of) negotiation between the cards. I have seen this b4 with windoze boxes
> (mind ewes, I think I've seen every problem with windoze boxes as some
> time in the last 10 years!). Try forcing the cards to full or half duplex
> and either 10 or 100Meg. Make sure they are both the same though...
> 

Well at this end

mii-tool -V eth1
mii-tool.c 1.9 2000/04/28 00:56:08 (David Hinds)
SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth1' failed: Operation not supported

and ditto if you try to set anything

trying ethtool

ethtool -s eth1 speed 100 duplex full
Cannot get current device settings: Operation not supported
  not setting speed
  not setting duplex

maybe the card is just dead, I'll try swapping over to use the eth0 card
then booting off a knoppix cd and see if the network set up then works

Robert
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Robert Marshall