On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:30:32AM +0000, Andrew Pritchard wrote: > I've got a spare machine which I'm trying to put Debian on. It's a K6-2 450, > 128MB RAM, 10GB HD. Not a bad machine at all. I've had trouble putting Debian > on it before, and ended up using Redhat. I'd love to get Debian working on > it, > cos I find Debian so much easier to use (that sounds almost blasphemous). So > here's my problem. > > It's got a 3Com Etherlink III card in it. Not a bad card, well supported. The > module installs for it - the link light on the hub lights, it accepts the IP > address I've put in - everything seems to be going fine. HOWEVER, I can't > ping > the machine, NOR can I get any network connectivity out. I've booted with the > idepci boot disks and the standard bootdisks for both the stable and testing > releases - same problem. It's not a hardware issue - Redhat works just fine > on > that machine. So where am I going wrong? > > Thanks for your help, > > Andrew > > "I do not agree with what you say, > but I will defend to the death your right to say it." > Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778) >
i'm definitely not as experienced in rh as debain... but i know the way tcp/ip is configured is different. if the 3com is initialised at boot with the correct ip (not using ifconfig), then it's getting it's info from /etc/network/interfaces. that's slightly different from rh (6.2). here's what mine looks like: iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet static address 64.93.82.x netmask 255.255.255.x gateway 64.93.82.x i've never had to specify anything other than that (for a static ip), not even the broadcast and network address. if that's the 10 mb isa 3com, i've had one working at home on 2 different pc's.... good luck, jason -- registered linux user #202942 http://counter.li.org/ ---------------------------- http://www.theigloo.dhs.org
