[SC.LUG] networking for idiots

[Ewan Leith]

if it does turn out to be the card, new ones are obscenely cheap now - 
ebuyer do one for £3 which definitely works with linux

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=6669489294&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=37966

they do cheaper ones too, but they're less likely to work

Ewan


Robert Marshall wrote:
> 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