[Wylug-help] networking laptop woes

[Mike Goodman]

Ping 127.0.0.1 gives no packet loss and ifconfig eth0 identifies the
card address etc, although no IP address. Can that happen and the
interface be missing?

On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 12:21 +0100, Andy Macdonald wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> You will need to load a software driver for the network interface, if one exists for that hardware for Linux ...
> 
> Andy
> 
> On Tue, 12 Jul, Mike Goodman wrote:
> > Acer 3000, brand new, with FC4 apparently satisfactorily loaded and
> > seeming to work OK except for networking on the LAN. Haven't tried
> > internet via modem or connecting to mobile yet. Looking at the various
> > files I am aware
> > of, /etc/hosts, /etc/sysconfig/network, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 all looks fine to me.
> > 
> > For comparison, I looked into those files on a FC4 workstation. No
> > differences I could spot. This morning I have loaded another workstation
> > with CentOS4.1 and it networked fine, same router (SMC Barricade) with
> > an 8-port switch hanging off it, on the same LAN, i.e. exactly as I'm
> > trying to set the laptop up, but I noticed that both workstations
> > have /etc/resolv.conf contents:
> > 
> > ;generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
> > search local.sys
> > nameserver 192.168.2.1
> > 
> > whereas the laptop only has the middle line. I entered the nameserver
> > line manually to no avail. Would it work if I were to run
> > the /sbin/dhclient-script and, if so, how do I get it to run? If not,
> > can someone tell me what might work?
> > 
> > I have tried two different cat5 cables and then tried the one hanging
> > out of the back of the new workstation - to no avail.
> > 
> > Thanks, as always - confident there's a network guru out there
> > somewhere!
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > 
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