Trouble with LAN connection and DHCP

phoenix89 · 2009-09-14 01:33:12

I would greatly appreciate any input on this issue.

Some reason when I installed Arch from the 2009.08 release it would always fail when I try to use dhcpcd eth0 or dhclient eth0.

It would say:
... Looking for carrier
... timed out.

I thought that it might be the cable or the router but I have tried multiple cables and routers in different locations, and it works fine when I run in Windows.

Nothing I have tried has worked, I have been searching for forums for a similar issue. I have had to use a wireless connection for everything internet based.

Last edited by phoenix89 (2009-09-14 02:41:55)

ewaller · 2009-09-14 01:48:21

and it works fine when I run in Linux.

Is that what you meant? Or are you also using an OS from the Pacific Northwest?;)

Can you post the results of lspci -v ??

Last edited by ewaller (2009-09-14 01:49:26)

phoenix89 · 2009-09-14 02:53:25

I meant it works fine in Windows...

but the output for the lspci -v is:

lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 671MX
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1af7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
Kernel modules: sis-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fdefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS968 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1af7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at fff0 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_sis
Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi, pata_sis, ide-pci-generic, sis5513
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1af7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
Memory at f9fff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
Kernel modules: ohci-hcd
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1af7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
Memory at f9ffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
Kernel modules: ohci-hcd
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1af7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
Memory at f9ffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1815
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at f9ffcc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
I/O ports at cc00 [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sis190
Kernel modules: sis190
00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SATA Controller / IDE mode (rev 03) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1af7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
I/O ports at c800 [size=8]
I/O ports at c400 [size=4]
I/O ports at c000 [size=8]
I/O ports at bc00 [size=4]
I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
I/O ports at b400 [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sata_sis
Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi, sata_sis, ide-pci-generic
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: fdf00000-fdffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: fe000000-febfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f6000000-00000000f8ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0f.0 Audio device: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Azalia Audio Controller
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1203
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at f9ff4000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96M [GeForce GT 120M] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1a42
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at fde80000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: nvidiafb
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 1a3b:1067
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fdff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k

Zack89 · 2009-09-14 04:14:54

Run ifconfig, what does that spit back?

phoenix89 · 2009-09-14 05:22:41

It got even wierder than I thought, I was about to give up on Arch, but I tried serveral other Distros, live cds and others to try to install them but on neither of them is dhcp successful.

I am not exactly sure what happened.

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:8C:75:FC:B5  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0xdead 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1240 (1.2 Kb)  TX bytes:1240 (1.2 Kb)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:43:86:34:A9  
          inet addr:192.168.2.15  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:43ff:fe86:34a9/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
          RX packets:124 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:103 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:55944 (54.6 Kb)  TX bytes:14575 (14.2 Kb)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-22-43-86-34-A9-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP RUNNING  MTU:0  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

ewaller · 2009-09-16 04:26:58

I'm puzzled. The Ethernet card and driver look reasonable.

Have you any idea what is wmaster0? Are you by chance configured to use a tunnel or bridge?

If so, you must use DHCP to assign an address to the tunnel, not the interface. You did not mention this, and it is something you must deliberately do. It also does not explain your problem with other live CDs. Other than that, I'm fast running out of airspeed, altitude and ideas, all at the same time.

Mardoct · 2009-09-16 04:36:38

Try giving it a static IP from the router.

phoenix89 · 2009-09-16 05:26:06

I have tried giving it a static IP address and would get nothing. I wasn't able to even ping the host.

Also from what I have been reading up on there are problems with the SiS191 Gigabit card that ASUS uses, and it loads the SiS190 drivers but some reason they are not compatible. Even looking up fixes possibly to the kernel but no such luck yet.

Not exactly sure what the wmaster0 is, except that it is linked to my wireless card.

Last edited by phoenix89 (2009-09-16 05:31:15)

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Trouble with LAN connection and DHCP

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Re: Trouble with LAN connection and DHCP

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