natsemi doesn't work with DP83815?

Gottxxc · n00b Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 6

Hello,
i've got the following problem: I tried to install Gentoo 2004.3 r1 from the minimal LiveCD but everytime i boot the network is not ready.

I've got the National Semiconductor Corp. DP83815/816 network card.

At bootscreen stands eth0 card found. Search for dhcp...

but with lsmod the module natsemi is active. it is the right module i know from internet but i can't ping someone. If it is configured with dhcp the message is: network is unreachable
If it is configured with static ip there comes the following message: destination host is unreachable.

If i run ifconfig with configured dhcp eth0 has been found only sometimes.
If i run ifconfig with static ip eth0 has been found and it seems to be active.

I take the cable away and the message "eth0: link down" comes. I put the cable back: "eth0: link up". So i think the card and the module work well but i get no connection to someone in the network.

Before i have tried Gentoo i had used Suse Linux and everything with the networkcard works well. At Windows the card works well, too.

Is it a hardware problem or is the configuration bad?

Thank you for helping...

Gottxxc · n00b Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 6

It doesn't run at the moment, pls can me help someone?

tlepo · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:25 pm Post subject:

Hello Gottxxc,

We share the same problem. I am trying to install Gentoo on an HP compaq nx9010. There is a post in the forum indicating that somebody succeeded in configuring this device. Unfortunately there is no detail. :cry:

I modprobed the "natsemi" module but I am still unable to ping externally.

Is there a solution?

My best,

T.

tlepo · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:38 am Post subject:

Hello,

Yesterday I was installing with Gentoo_2004-2 LiveCD.
Today I tried 2004-3 LiveCD.
gentoo nodhcp dokeymap works well but even if the natsemi module is loaded automatically (a serious improvment with respect to 2004-2) I cannot ping externally.
Same observations than reported by Gottxxc.

[The new Knoppix (found in PC Welt) does not load natsemi automatically. But a manual config via ifconfig, route and edition of /etc/resolconf resolved the problem.
Is there a specific gentoo problem?]

Just for information, I tried to configure everything manually on gentoo.
/sbin/ifconfig lo down
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 down
/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.12 broadcast 192.168.1..255 netmask 255.255.255.0
/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.1.1 eth0

The system hangs up on /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down

Any idea to circumvent the problem, ???

T.

tlepo · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject:

FIXED for me at least as far as the ethernet card is fixed.
I used a Gentoo_2004.0 Live CD.

With gentoo dokeymap nodhcp the system does not hang up on ieee1394, the ethernet card is identified and the natsemi module loaded automatically.

A ping -c 5 www.yahoo.fr works.

By the way, DNS resolution was inefficient on HP Compaq nx9010 with Gentoo_2004.3 LiveCD.

My very best,

T.

Gottxxc · n00b Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 6

Hi,
i cannot relsolve this problem. I run newest Knoppix LiveCD and newest Suse Linux LiveDVD and the networkcard run without configuration

But everytime i start gentoo 2004.3 r1 the problem is there. No ping to external network, i haven't tried to internet because i have to build a connection via pptp. So i need the networkcard running.
I can't ping someone in the network.

pls help someone...

Gottxxc · n00b Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 6

So, i've now tried Gentoo 2004.1 and 2004.2 too.

Both work without making problems. Perhaps it is only the 2004.3 which has problems with the natsemi module...

Thank you for helping tlepo!