[Wylug-help] networking laptop woes

[Jim Jackson]

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Mike Goodman wrote:

> 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?

What exacatly is the output of

    ifconfig eth0

    lsmod

    route

Jim

>
> 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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>>
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