From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote:
>>
>> That NIC is very common and usually "just works". Before you start
worrying
>> about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of
>> network problems.
>>
>> 1/ In MandrakeControlCentre>Networl>ManageConnections is the interface
>> static or DHCP? If you have selected DHCP you must have a DHCP server on
>> your network.
It is set up for DHCP, but the network it's on has a hardware router with a
DCHP server.
>> How is your interface connected?
Not quite sure what you mean here, but I have tried unplugging and then
plugging the network cable severel times - it's cat5.
>> 2/ If you select the 'Options' Tab on the same page, try unselecting
>> 'Network Hotplugging'
>> Network Hotplugging will automatically enable/disable interfaces when the
>> plug is inserted/removed. Some devices get confused when hotplugging is
>> enabled and contantly toggle up/down.
When I checked, hotplugging was already unselected.
>>3/ A few devices fail to auto detect half/full duplex. To determine if you
>> might have this problem open a terminal window, enter 'su' to become root
>> user and enter 'ifconfig eth0' what do you see?
>> What happens if you type 'service network restart' ?
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:BD:B4:15:FD
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0x2400
Shutting down loopback interface: ./ifdown: line 73: kill: (5102) - No such
process
[65G[[1;31mFAILED[0;39m]
Setting network parameters: [65G[[1;32m OK [0;39m]
Bringing up loopback interface: [65G[[1;32m OK [0;39m]
Bringing up interface eth0: [65G[[1;31mFAILED[0;39m]
Bringing up interface eth1: [65G[[1;31mFAILED[0;39m]
Yes, there are two network cards installed. Both use the same chipset, and
nether works. For the moment, the network is plugged into eth1.
>One other question. Are you certain it is not working? I ask this because
on
>some boxes there has been that failure notice on boot, but if the network
has
>been set up properly it can actually be used. This appears to be a timing
>problem, in that the module had not loaded at the time that boot checks it.
>For those boxes the failure notice can be ignored.
Yes, I'm sure it's not working. I've tried using Samba to access some of the
Windows shared drives on the network to no avail.
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