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bob808
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 Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:56 pm Post subject: Cant get Network Setup for install! |
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I am trying to install Gentoo on a dual p3 system and can not get the network up and running.
I am using a Netgear FA311 PCI network card, connecting to a D-Link G604T router. Router has DHCP enabled and is providing my win xp Laptop with its IP for me to post this topic.
The eth0 device is found when booting from the gentoo 2005 cd rom, but it does not get an IP address assigned to it. If I type ifconfig eth0, the following shows:
| Quote: | eth0
Link Encap: Ethernet HWAddr 00:0F:XX:XX:XX:45
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX Packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 frame:0
TX Packets:0 errors:0 dropped:17 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
Interrupt:10 Base address 0x2000 |
I have tried manually assigning an IP through net-setup eth0, (IP 192.168.1.15, Broadcast 192.168.1.255, Mask 255.255.255.0, Gateway 192.168.1.1)
| Quote: | eth0
Link Encap: Ethernet HWAddr 00:0F:XX:XX:XX:45
inet addr:192.168.1.15 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX Packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 frame:0
TX Packets:0 errors:0 dropped:17 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes 336 (336.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address 0x2000 |
With this config, if I try to ping the router or any other PC on the network the error message is as follows:
| Quote: | Ping 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
PING 192.168.1.15 lcmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
PING 192.168.1.15 lcmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable |
I ran 'lspci' and the following line was present in the output
| Quote: | | 0000:00:0b.0 ETHERNET controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller |
I do not have any SCSI or Firewire cards plugged in (I pulled them to get a min spec working incase they were causing conflicts)
When the setup was on DHCP My router was showing it as assigning 192.168.1.3 to the mac id of the network card, but I couldnt ping (from the router or my PCs, or to the router or PCs from the linux enviroment) 192.168.1.3, nor can I ping 192.168.1.15 when i have the fixed IP settings.
Am I missing something simple here - Was looking to do a stage 1 install to help me learn a bit more about linux, but I have fallen over at the first hurdle!
After a while of trying different options and configs, the error changes to Network Unavailable if on DHCP, with fixed IP it keeps on with destination host unreachable when trying to ping out.
My Router currently connects my tivo, xbox a wireless print server and 2 laptops without fuss to each other and the internet, I know that the IPs I have tried to assign are free and the settings should be ok.
If anyone can help me get the network up and running that would be great - let me know if any further information is required and I will post the outputs or details to help get this resolved.
Thanks
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jmbsvicetto
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hi.
So you know that your nic is
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| Code: | I ran 'lspci' and the following line was present in the output
0000:00:0b.0 ETHERNET controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
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Do the following
Is natsemi loaded? If not, do
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dhcpcd eth0 |
Did that solve your problem? If not, give us more details. Oh, you did check the network cable, didn't you? It isn't disconnected or wrecked, is it? Sometimes, the problems are simpler than we think. 
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bob808
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Jorge,
Thanks for your reply - running lsmod, natsemi is loaded but I am not sure that the NIC is using it (size 19712, used by 0)
I tried dhcpcd eth0 again, but if I try to ping the router I get the message connect: Network is unreachable.
I have tried 2 diff network cables (one I have tested and works 100% with my work laptop) in all 4 ports on my router. No change in result with either.
Any other suggestions on things to check?
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jmbsvicetto
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After you do the modprobe, post the output of
| Code: | # ifconfig -a
# netstat -nr |
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bob808
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Jorge,
ifconfig -a gives
| Quote: | eth0
Link Encap: Ethernet HWAddr 00:0F:XX:XX:XX:45
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX Packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 frame:0
TX Packets:0 errors:0 dropped:8 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
Interrupt:10 Base address 0x2000 |
and netstat -nr gives
| Quote: | Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo |
If I run net-setup eth0 and put in the manual settings again, I get this instead:
ifconfig -a gives
| Quote: | eth0
Link Encap: Ethernet HWAddr 00:0F:XX:XX:XX:45
inet addr:192.168.1.15 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX Packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 frame:0
TX Packets:0 errors:0 dropped:8 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes 0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address 0x2000 |
and netstat -nr gives
| Quote: | Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 |
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jmbsvicetto
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After running net-setup eth0 are you still unable to ping the router? If so, you either have a hardware problem or the driver doesn't work with this particular model. 
If you can't use this nic with the live-cd, you either have to use another nic or if [k|g]noppix can use this nic, you can install gentoo using it - just look at the alternate install guide.
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bob808
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ok, thanks Jorge - will give it a try with knoppix
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