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#1 2009-08-13 19:32:42

bitpal
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via-rhine NIC not loaded after mainboard change

Hi, I had my Arch 2.6.24 system running fine. Then my mainboard died and was replaced by a new one - exact same model. It's a VIA EPIA-LN10000EAG 1000MHz MiniITX. The system starts up fine, but the NIC is not recognized. ifconfig returns nothing.

I tried

# hwdetect --show-net
mii ppp_generic slhc via-rhine

Now I don't know which module to load. Taking a tip from another poster that had via-rhine I tried

# modprobe -v 8139too via-rhine

This returns an error inserting 8139too and tells me to look in dmesg:

...
via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.4.3 2007-03-06
...
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
8139too: unknown parameter 'via-rhine'

I'm stuck here. How do I get the NIC up and running? Or is it dead??

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#2 2009-08-13 20:46:50

bitpal
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Re: via-rhine NIC not loaded after mainboard change

Update:

The card is running now. I had another Arch system (arch2) on the same network (to compare with), and after I shut that down and rebooted the first one (arch1) the network interfaces show up, both lo and eth0.

However, the startup routine hangs about 2-3 minutes on the network daemon (with blinking router lights and hdd activity), so it's still not perfect. Another thing is that I can't get the right gateway from the router's dhcp. Here's an overview of the setup:

Home: 192.168.2.x

arch1 .2.102-------|
                   |
arch2 .2.101-------| old SMC router: .2.1
                   |
fritzbox .2.2 -----|
router/modem
     |
     |
   ~~~~~
  internet

The gateway is supposed to be the fritzbox with ip 192.168.2.2. The old SMC router serves addresses in the range .2.101-110. I set it up this way because I need the 8 ports on the SMC (and I like watching the lights).

Here's my /etc/rc.conf for both systems:

arch1 (starts slow):

eth0="dhcp"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

arch2 (working):

eth0="eth0 192.168.2.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255"
gateway="default gw 192.168.2.2"
ROUTES=(gateway)

arch1 gets the SMC as gateway, arch2 gets the fritzbox.

Ideally all computers on the network should get their IPs from the SMC dhcp, which also gives them the fritzbox as gateway. But that just doesn't work for the arch1. arch2 and the windows PCs get online just fine.

I had also tried setting arch1 the same as arch2 except for the ip=2.102. Then the network starts faster, but the gateway is still stuck at the SMC router -> no internet.

Rather complicated, but what are networks for? Anyone see daylight in this mess?

Last edited by bitpal (2009-08-13 21:24:02)

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#3 2009-08-14 17:24:32

bitpal
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Re: via-rhine NIC not loaded after mainboard change

Anyone??

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