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From: Jonathan Haws <Jonathan.Haws@×××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Networking Issue
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:52:01
Message-Id: 468EB9093DC44F4D9CBADE5C87BE5D1901088776@cobra.usurf.usu.edu
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-user] Networking Issue by Adam Carter
1 Here is the output of ifconfig -a:
2
3 crush jrhaws # ifconfig -a
4 eth0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
5 00-11-06-66-F5-4A-25-9E-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
6 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
7 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
8 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
9 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
10 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
11
12 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:F5:4A:25:9E
13 inet addr:169.254.179.131 Bcast:169.254.255.255
14 Mask:255.255.0.0
15 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
16 RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
17 TX packets:147 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
18 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
19 RX bytes:3577 (3.4 Kb) TX bytes:33354 (32.5 Kb)
20 Interrupt:16 Base address:0x6c00
21
22 eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:F0:E1:47:19
23 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
24 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
25 TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
26 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
27 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
28 Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000 Memory:b0000000-b0000fff
29
30 lo Link encap:Local Loopback
31 inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
32 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
33 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
34 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
35 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
36 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
37
38 crush jrhaws # mii-tool
39
40 SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
41 eth1: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
42 SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth2' failed: Operation not supported
43
44 Eth0 is my firewire port. Eth1 is the wired LAN (realtek) connection.
45 Mii-tool shows that the link is up, but I cannot get an IP address with
46 dhcp, nor does a static assignment work (using ifconfig or
47 /etc/conf.d/net). What can I do?
48
49 I can't install ethtool since I cannot get online. No wireless networks
50 are available where I am at.
51
52 Jonathan R. Haws
53 Jonathan.Haws@×××××××.edu
54
55
56 -----Original Message-----
57 From: Adam Carter [mailto:Adam.Carter@×××××××××.au]
58 Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:54 PM
59 To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
60 Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Networking Issue
61
62 > > > Any ideas? The /etc/conf.d/net file is very basic. All is has is
63 > > > config_eth1=("dhcp") then the wireless stuff. I could
64 > get eth1 to work
65 > > > if I manually assigned an address, but now that doesn't
66 > work either.
67 > > > Any help is appreciated.
68 > > You're sure that the Ethernet card is eth1 and not eth0?
69 >
70 >
71 > You can test which card is plugged in by typing 'mii-tool' from the
72 > command line (or install it if it's not there already).
73
74 I think mii-tool will only work with some older drivers, and ethtool is
75 probably a better bet.
76
77 Lets start at the beginning - what is displayed when you run ifconfig
78 -a?
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