second ethernet recognized as dummy0 (on asus M2N-E)[solved]

cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

second ethernet recognized as dummy0 (on asus M2N-E)

hi

my M2N-E has onboard lan which which is working fine for months.
now i got a D-Link DGE-528T gigabit ethernet .
eth0 is the onboard lan. I assume the new card is dummy0.... and i cant use it .... how do i create an "eth1" for the new card?
then i want to bound them , thats why i got this new card.
any ideas?
Thanks

bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MASTER 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr CA:B1:24:B5:29:18
BROADCAST NOARP 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:31:8B:37:85
inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::217:31ff:fe8b:3785/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:24556 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:25727 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:23256919 (22.1 Mb) TX bytes:3179178 (3.0 Mb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:448 (448.0 b) TX bytes:448 (448.0 b)
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mjrosenb · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:42 am Post subject:

So dummy0 is'nt an actual card, it's just an interface that the kernel can export for finicky programs that need to have a network interface. It also sometimes makes real NICs work for mysterious reasons. Continuing, Your new network card will most likely require you to recompile your kernel, or at compile and install the module/driver for your network card. After that, eth1 should begin appearing the list of your network cards.
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cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

hi

i already have support for 10/100/1000 built in kernel... and yes i did recompile it ... there's got to be something else .. i suppose
the card is already recognized, isnt it?

lspci |grep Link
01:07.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)

what's next?
Thanks
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albright · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:05 am Post subject:

What driver are you using (or trying to use) for that card?
You could boot to a live cd and see if the card is recognized
and check what module was loaded ...

but ... google suggests that you need the r8169 driver
(look for Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support). Perhaps
that's all you need ....

krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

card is recognize by lspci (witch just give you its model, no more), but maybe no drivers are loaded...

try seek out what chip that card use (googling gave that answer Chip Number: DGE-530T Notes: Uses Marvell 88E8003 Chip), of course not the same card so chip could be different...

so build all 1000 cards drivers in kernel as modules & try (it won't kill assuming it's a marvell chip first)
modprobe skge

ps: no dummy0 isn't your card...
kernel help

cobralgato · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 228

seems it works with r8169
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