I am using the b44 (experimental) driver in kernel 2.4.22 , I think I'll try the bcm4400 and see if it helps. Thanks,
On 12 Sep 2003 16:50:46 +1000 Damien Solley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 14:56, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: > > Can anyone gets the Broadcom's nic in the i5100 works with DHCP ? > > It > > runs fine on static ip but it just timed out when requesting dhcp, > > it can't reach the router. And there's nothing wrong with my router > > running as a dhcp server because all my other machines, all run > > Debian, can dhcp request fine. > > > > > > So if anyone could get this nic works w/ dhcp then there's something > > wrong w/ my linux setting on this particular machine, otherwise, > > that means I have to go buy a pcmcia ethernet card. > > > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > ThanhVu Nguyen > > I think we have the same Broadcom ethernet in the Inspiron 1100, a > BCM4400 chip. There are two drivers available for the card, the stable > ones from Broadcom (module bcm4400) and the kernel one (module b44 - > still under development). I was using the in kernel one for a while, > but couldn't get it to work when disconnecting-reconnecting to > ethernet with DHCP. The driver would not be able to retrieve an IP > address after a disconnect-reconnect. > I have since moved back to the official Broadcom driver, which works > flawlessly. > What kernel are you using and are you using the in-kernel driver? > Damien > -- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Using Linux on the Inspiron 1100: > http://geocities.com/randomnumbergenerator2001/ > *regularly updated* > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ThanhVu Nguyen
