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Jirka

Member

From: Czech Rep.

Registered: 2007-03-13

Posts: 21

Network settings

Hi,

I have modem Motorola SB5100E-CN ant I want to setup my network connection on my laptop Toshiba Portege 3110CT. In Windows I get the IP from DHCP.

The content of my rc.conf is:

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)

but when I want to ping some server, I get:

connect: Network is unreachable

If I try:

[b]ifconfig eth0 up[/b]
up: error fetching interface informatopn: Device not found

If I try:

[b]dhcpcd eth0[/b]
I get nothing

Why is my device not found?

In MODULES I have r8169, my card is:

Networking
Built-in 10/100BaseT Ethernet (Intel chipset)
System Management: Wake-On-LAN and Remote
Service Boot
RJ-45 (on Network I/O Adapter)

Last edited by Jirka (2007-03-18 22:27:14)

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rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: Network settings

try

ifconfig -a
 eth0<if thats the device that gets added
ifconfig eth0 up
dhcpcd eth0

if you have hwd & lshwd try

lshwd -a

that will add any missing modules
on my laptop my wireless card requires airo & airo_cs even when putting them in rc.conf wouldnt get me connected
i had to build them into initrd image via /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
once i did that problem solved on my wireless card you may need the same .  ???

Jirka

Member

From: Czech Rep.

Registered: 2007-03-13

Posts: 21

Re: Network settings

try

ifconfig -a
 eth0<if thats the device that gets added
ifconfig eth0 up
dhcpcd eth0

That is the what I have already tried. The results are in the post above.

and lshwd -a makes the statement of my HW. But what next? May be I didn't understand you because of my english...sorry..

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rayjgu3

Member

From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: Network settings

i do not see where you posted ifconfig-a  results
lshwd -a  loads modules for the hardware it can
do you have hwd?
run
hwd -e
hwd -s
hwd -h
the last one will tell of hwd findings & what modules are needed

skeeter

Member

From: Morristown TN

Registered: 2003-02-01

Posts: 79

Re: Network settings

Networking
Built-in 10/100BaseT Ethernet (Intel chipset)

Why do you think you have a Realtek R8169 chipset when your post has the above intel chipset (e100?)?
Try "modprobe e100" and then check with ifconfig -a and see if your network comes up.  Meanwhile I'll look up
the Toshiba laptop and see if they reference their network card for your model.

Looked up your model and it stated eepro100 as the linux module; never heard of it though.  You can check out the link @ http://www.decoulon.ch/portege.html on another system to see what I found. HTH

Last edited by skeeter (2007-03-19 23:13:50)

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Jirka

Member

From: Czech Rep.

Registered: 2007-03-13

Posts: 21

Re: Network settings

The command hwd is not working

So I have typed "modprobe eepro100".

When I now type ifconfig -a I get also eth0 in the report now (after the modprobe command). I wasn't there before. I get now:

eth0
Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:39:BC:B5:1A
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 txquevelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0b) TX bytes:0 (0.0b)
Interrupt:11

But on the command lshwd -a I get:

00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Copr.|82559 Fast Ethernet LOM with Alert on LAN* (eepro100)

Do I have loaded module eepro100 right?

In the /etc/rc.conf I have MODULES=(eepro100) instead R8169.

Thank you

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