On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 05:14:00PM +0300, ronys wrote: > Hi, > > Debian etch (latest stable) distro installed on the above PC results in an > unusable onboard NIC.
What kernel do you use? > > /var/log/messages tell me that the NIC is > Jul 15 19:15:54 hostname kernel: eth0: RTL8168b/8111b at 0xf8822000, > 00:1d:92:a1:96:19, IRQ 177 > > The module for it is found and loaded: > Jul 15 19:15:54 hostname kernel: r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK-NAPI > loaded > > However, the NIC never gets an IP address from DHCP. Even worse, ethtool > shows that it's totally confused as to its identity: > # ethtool eth0 > Settings for eth0: > Supported ports: [ FIBRE ] > Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes > Advertised link modes: Not reported > Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Speed: 1000Mb/s > Duplex: Full > Port: FIBRE > PHYAD: 0 > Transceiver: internal > Auto-negotiation: on > Supports Wake-on: pumbg > Wake-on: pumbg > Current message level: 0x00000033 (51) > Link detected: yes > > (FIBRE port when it really should be TP - Twisted Pair) > > Google didn't find anything useful. My current workaround is adding another > NIC, which works fine, but is unacceptable in the long term. > > This occurs on two different PCs that have the same motherboard, so it's not > a fluke hardware issue. > > Also, if I play around with ifup/ifdown AFTER booting it, I can sometimes get > it to work, but only at 10MB/sec (connected to a 100 MB/s switch). > > Any ideas? > > Rony > > > ================================================================To > unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
