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On 10/26/2013 15:44, João Matos wrote: |
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> Hi list, |
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> I`ve just installed a brand new gentoo amd64 and there is this problem: |
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> my "Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168 |
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> PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)" is recognized as |
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> *sit0* , but I can't get any IP Adress. |
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sit0 is a virtual adapter for 6to4, an IPv6 transition mechanism, not a |
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real Ethernet adapter. |
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> dhcp takes long and doesn't get any result. dhcpcd doesn't work either. |
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> Even if I choose a manual address I cant ping other devices. |
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Since sit0 isn't a real adapter, it isn't actually your network card, so |
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it isn't connected to anything. |
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> When I used ifconfig, I got something like "ipv6 over ipv4", but I will |
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> only need ipv4. So I disabled ipv6 USE flag, but I didn't change |
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> anything. The weird thing is that if I disable the IPV6 kernel support |
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> (manual configuration btw), the network interface (sit0) desappears! |
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> When I reboot the system using a usb botable Ubuntu everything works |
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> fine, using the same hardware/infrastructure. |
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> I have no idea what is going on here, so, please, send me some links. |
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You need to make sure the driver for your network adapter is compiled in |
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to the kernel. I believe for your card, that would be CONFIG_R8169: |
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Device Drivers ---> |
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[*] Network device support ---> |
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[*] Ethernet driver support ---> |
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[*] Realtek devices |
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<*> Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support |
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♫Dustin |
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http://dustin.hatch.name/ |
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