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SpittingTrashcan
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 Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:58 pm Post subject: Cannot start network connection - HomePlug to blame? |
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I'm currently trying to install Gentoo Linux from Stage 1 with a 2004.1 Minimal LiveCD, and so I need to get a network connection set up before I can do anything else. Unfortunately, I'm having some trouble.
Here's my network situation: my computer is connected to a HomePlug Ethernet Bridge. Another bridge connects the HomePlug network to a D-Link router. The router is connected to a cable modem, and the cable modem is served by Wide Open West cable ISP. All of these are working harmoniously under Windows XP Home. Running ipconfig /all in Windows gives me this data:
| Code: | Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ########
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Network Bridge (Network Bridge):
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wowway.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : ##-##-##-##-##-##
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : ###.###.###.###
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : ###.###.###.###
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ###.###.###.###
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : ###.###.###.###
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ###.###.###.###
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:29:59 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:29:59 PM |
The # signs stand for digits I'd rather not discuss with all and sundry if I can help it.
Here's the trouble:
- eth0 does not autoconfigure at boot.
- When I run net-setup with the option to use DHCP, eth0 does not get configured.
- When I run net-setup and plug in my given IP address for "IP Address", the same but with suffix 255 for "Broadcast IP", my given subnet mask for "Net Mask", and my router's IP address for "Gateway" and "Name Server", eth0 appears in the ifconfig list.
- However, I can only ping myself - not the router, not other computers on the network, and not Google.
I'm guessing the cause of my difficulties to be either the HomePlug network, or my flaky Marvell Yukon ethernet card. I would greatly appreciate advice on what to try next - in particular, has anyone managed to successfully set up a network connection on a Linux machine via HomePlug? Thanks in advance. |
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barlad
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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The 2004.1 liveCD is not supposed to detect network cards. (well it is supposed to do it but it does not work). What does ifconfig eth0 up says? Do not you get a "no such device error" ? Do you have any other ethernet device in
What part of your network is doing DHCP? your router? |
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SpittingTrashcan
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| barlad wrote: | | The 2004.1 liveCD is not supposed to detect network cards. (well it is supposed to do it but it does not work). |
That's unfortunate - does the 1.4 LiveCD do better?
| Quote: | | What does ifconfig eth0 up says? |
Nothing.
| Quote: | | Do not you get a "no such device error" ? |
Nothing at all is echoed to the terminal.
| Quote: | | Do you have any other ethernet device in |
I have an IEEE 1394 Firewire card, which is being mentioned during bootup. Perhaps the Firewire card is being detected as eth0, and my Ethernet card isn't being detected at all.
| Quote: | | What part of your network is doing DHCP? your router? |
Yes, as far as I know. |
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ShadowHawkBV
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:41 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | barlad wrote:
The 2004.1 liveCD is not supposed to detect network cards. (well it is supposed to do it but it does not work).
That's unfortunate - does the 1.4 LiveCD do better?
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The 1.4 CD is far superior to the 2004.x ones in that respect.
I'd guess that useing the 1.4 CD will bypass all the difficulties you have been experiencing with setting up the eth0 card. If you can, try to minimize the excess steps in connecting to the internet (IE: connect the Cable modem to the computer). Once you've gotten set up, then you can backtrack a bit and add the other pieces. If you're connecting using Chap, a simple
Will have everything running fine.
Best of Luck.
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SpittingTrashcan
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:51 am Post subject: |
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I've got a couple things going against me at this point. First, 2004.1 apparently does autodetect the FireWire port as eth0 - see the sticky at the top of the forum. Second, I'm using an Asus P4P800-E Deluxe motherboard, whose Marvell Yukon ethernet card is flaky on a good day. I'm downloading the 1.4 LiveCD now. In case that doesn't pan out I'd like to try the solution suggested in the sticky:
| Code: | # rmmod eth1394
# modprobe $MODULE
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where $MODULE is the appropriate driver module - but I don't know what the appropriate driver module is. Any idea where to find this out? Thanks for all the advice so far. |
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SpittingTrashcan
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| Well, the good news is that I brought eth0 up - I'm writing this in links from the 2004.1 install environment. The bad news is that fdisk is confusing my CDROM with my hard drive, but that's another story I suppose. Thanks, everyone, for your help. |
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