"Vince" == Vince Turzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Vince> I'm still trying to get connected with 2.4.20, while 2.2.22 Vince> connects without problems. My debian system is on a Vince> lan. The ifconfig screens look the same, except that eth0 Vince> has no IP address in 2.4.20, which leads me to believe that Vince> the dhcp is not enabled in the new kernel. I'm not sure how Vince> to troubleshoot that one. At the same time, if I do a lsmod Vince> on both, I get 4 modules on 2.2.22 and none on 2.4.20. Are Vince> some of the module functions built into the new kernel? I Vince> wouldn't have eth0 up if that function weren't handled by Vince> the kernel, would I? After dmesg, the log on 2.4.20 seems Vince> to load Net 4.0 without problems, except at the end when it Vince> says... Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux... ds: no Vince> socket drivers loaded. Could this be a problem in enabling Vince> connection to the lan? Please advise. Thanks. Vince
Are you sure that eth0 is coming up at all? Do you see it in the output of dmesg with 2.4.20? Most likely, if this is a prepackaged 2.4.20 kernel, you forgot to load the network driver module for your NIC card in /etc/modules (test by 'insmod <name>' the module followed by 'ifup eth0'). What module is being used? You say you 'insmod' but you did not tell us what it was you did exactly. If eth0 is being initialized as indicated by dmesg output, the next step is to determine if dhcp is working. If you built your own kernel and are using the ISC dhcp client you may have forgotten to include the correct network filter options (you will have to search the archives, but from memory you will need the packet filter). You can easily test this by running the dhcp client by hand on eth0, it will print a warning if the kernel options are missing. Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]