On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 11:01:39PM +0200, Esko Lehtonen wrote:
> I have a problem configuring my debian potato to use dhcp. I'm
> connected to the Internet via cable modem. The network card is
> configured to irq=10 and io=0x300. The module is smc-ultra. The card
> should be ok.
>
> When I start 'pump', it tries to get dynamic ip from server using
> dhcp, but fails everytime. When 'pump' is trying to get the ip,
> 'ifconfig' shows this:
>
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:C0:57:6D:DE
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Well, your card doesn't receive packets. Can you test the card in a
LAN to see if it works? Is the cable ok?
> TX packets:0 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
^^^^^^^^
And this doesn't look normal, too.
Phil
