Thanks for the reply. Here is the output of dmesg: Linux version 2.2.14 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 20000116 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Mon Feb 21 11:50:24 CST 2000 Detected 90206997 Hz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 35.94 BogoMIPS Memory: 79328k/81920k available (1064k kernel code, 420k reserved, 1064k data, 44k init) Dentry hash table entries: 16384 (order 5, 128k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 7, 512k) Page cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k) CPU: Intel Pentium 75 - 200 stepping 04 Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf13d0 PCI: Using configuration type 2 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 131072 bhash 65536) Initializing RT netlink socket Starting kswapd v 1.5 parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP] Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 Sound initialization started <Gravis UltraSound 3.4 (1024k)> at 0x220 irq 11 dma 1,1 <Yamaha OPL3> at 0x388 Sound initialization complete RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size loop: registered device at major 7 RZ1000: ignored by ide_scan_pci_device() (uses own driver) hda: Maxtor 92048U8, ATA DISK drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: Maxtor 92048U8, 19531MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=2489/255/63 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 12/0 (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 406 instructions downloaded scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.21/3.2.4 <Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter> scsi : 1 host. (scsi0:0:1:0) Using asynchronous transfers. Vendor: HP Model: D2076A Rev: 8870 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Vendor: HITACHI Model: CDR-1750S Rev: 0013 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 (scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 8.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW4416S Rev: 1.0g Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 scsi : detected 2 SCSI cdroms 1 SCSI disk total. sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56 sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 16x/16x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 2059140 [1005 MB] [1.0 GB] PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling) TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California PPP line discipline registered. SLIP: version 0.8.4-NET3.019-NEWTTY (dynamic channels, max=256). CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California. SLIP linefill/keepalive option. via-rhine.c:v1.02b 7/19/99 Written by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html eth0: VIA VT3043 Rhine at 0xfc80, 83:50:ba:b3:3d:c4, IRQ 15. eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d advertising 05e1 Link 0000. via-rhine.c:v1.02b 7/19/99 Written by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html via-rhine.c:v1.02b 7/19/99 Written by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html via-rhine.c:v1.02b 7/19/99 Written by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html via-rhine.c:v1.02b 7/19/99 Written by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html via-rhine.c:v1.02b 7/19/99 Written by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html via-rhine.c:v1.02b 7/19/99 Written by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html via-rhine.c:v1.02b 7/19/99 Written by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html via-rhine.c:v1.02b 7/19/99 Written by Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html Partition check: sda: sda1 sda2 hda: [EZD] [remap 0->1] [2489/255/63] hda1 hda2 hda3 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 44k freed Adding Swap: 128516k swap-space (priority -1) diald uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) lp0: using parport0 (polling). registered device ppp0 PPP BSD Compression module registered PPP Deflate Compression module registered
_____________________________________________________________ Here is the output from ifconfig: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 83:50:BA:B3:3D:C4 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2681 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3970 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:15 Base address:0xfc80 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:4517 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4517 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 sl0 Link encap:Serial Line IP inet addr:192.168.1.11 P-t-P:192.168.1.12 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:111 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:10 ___________________________________________________________________ I can ping my NIC address (192.168.1.1) from the console, but the machines on my lan are inaccessible. Likewise, this machine is inaccessible to them. My hub shows a connection. The card reports a link beat, but can't negotiate speed. I've tried forcing it to 10mbps using via-diag and mii-diag, but no help. Any help and suggestions are very much appreciated. Thanks, Russ On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > Arghh, I haven't had to wonder experiences with this card. > > Can you ping the IP you assigned to that interface? Is there anything in the > syslog? Are the debug options you can provide to insmod via-rhine.o ? Do you > have link lights? Just some random ideas... > > On 27-Feb-2000 Russ Cook wrote: > > My old pci ethernet card failed, and I replaced it with a D-Link > > DFE-530TX. I running Debian with kernel 2.2.14. I loaded the > > via-rhine network card driver, version 1.02b. The system detects > > the card, but I can't get to my lan. I can't ping or otherwise > > detect any of my other machines. I've changed none of the kernel > > compile options except the pci nic card and driver. > > > > Has anyone else had this problem? Can anyone offer any assistance? > > > > Regards, > > Wim Kerkhoff > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.canadianhomes.net/wim > > stab_val(stab)->str_nok = 1; /* what a wonderful hack! */ > -- Larry Wall in stab.c from the perl source code > > >