Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Net work cards
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:29:10
Message-Id: 52EFEE39.40206@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Net work cards by Stephen Reynolds
1 On 02/03/2014 09:15 PM, Stephen Reynolds wrote:
2 > if I run ifconfig -a this currently what I get.
3 > I have completed the installtion, but Kernel Modules I am not sure about.
4 >
5 > eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
6 > inet 192.168.1.105 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
7 > inet6 fe80::be5f:f4ff:fee8:5914 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
8 > ether bc:5f:f4:e8:59:14 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
9 > RX packets 435 bytes 234999 (229.4 KiB)
10 > RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
11 > TX packets 476 bytes 90064 (87.9 KiB)
12 > TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
13 >
14 > lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436
15 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
16 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
17 > loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
18 > RX packets 4 bytes 300 (300.0 B)
19 > RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
20 > TX packets 4 bytes 300 (300.0 B)
21 > TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
22 >
23 > wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
24 > ether 00:0e:2e:e4:fb:cd txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
25 > RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
26 > RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
27 > TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
28 > TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
29 >
30 > On 2/3/14, Amankwah <amankwah7@×××××.com> wrote:
31 >> On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 02:36:29PM +0200, Stephen Reynolds wrote:
32 >>> Hi all
33 >>>
34 >>>
35 >>>
36 >>> I am doing a new Gentoo installation and I cannot get my network cards to
37 >>> work.
38 >>> I have two cards
39 >>>
40 >>>
41 >>>
42 >>> 1) eth0 = Realtek RLTl8111e
43 >>>
44 >>> 2) wlan0 = RaLink RT2561/RT61
45 >>>
46 >>>
47 >>>
48 >>> Gen Kernel has support for both.
49 >>>
50 >>>
51 >>>
52 >>> Please advise me as to what steps I can take to fix this?
53 >>>
54 >> You should comfirm that the drivers of the adapters are compiled and
55 >> loaded correctly. And for the wireless network, relys on you AP settings
56 >> you may need the application like the net_wireless/wpa_supplicant.
57 >>
58 >>
59 Here's what I've got:
60 lspci -k
61 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411
62 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
63 Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard
64 Kernel driver in use: r8169
65 Kernel modules: r8169
66
67 Hope this helps.