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At Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:19:58 -0400 covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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>> I just purchased a dell latitude E6510, with a gigabit |
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>> (hardwired) ethernet. It works fine under windows. |
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>> I now have the (newest) gentoo installation disk (april) in the machine. |
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>> The device is recognized and the e1000e module is loaded. |
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>> ifconfig shows the mac address, but no IP addr. |
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>> My router (linksys with the tomato firmware) shows that same mac address |
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>> (presumably gotten when the windows machine was connected). |
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>> If I run net-setup eth0, nothing changes. |
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>> If I execute the manual |
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>> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.80 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 up |
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>> subsequent ifconfig's show this data but |
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>> ping 192.168.1.1 (the IP addr of the router) fails |
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>> However, 192.168.1.80 succeeds. |
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> I have the same machine for a while -- returning for audio issues -- |
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> and loaded grml 10.4 live cd and had no problems with the dhcp. |
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Encouraging. |
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> Try dhcpcd or pump manually -- I bet its some imcompatibility between |
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> the software and the router. |
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I tried dhcpcd and it times out on |
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"waiting for carrier". |
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pump is not on the gentoo installation disk. |
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Thanks for the advice; I will try grml next. |
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allan |
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