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dka

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From: Russia, Saint-Petersburg

Registered: 2007-03-10

Posts: 10

asus r2h ethernet(RTL8101E)

hello

i have problem with lan on asus r2h

r8169 loaded

uname -a 

Linux umpc 2.6.27-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 21 09:31:10 UTC 2008 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

lspci -m

02:00.0 "Ethernet controller" "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd." "RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller" -r01 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc." "Unknown device 12f6"

/etc/rc.conf


eth0="eth0 10.120.21.34 netmask 255.255.255.128"
INTERFACES=(eth0)

ifconfig eth0 up

SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested addres

Last edited by dka (2009-01-02 15:13:18)

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czarkoff

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From: Herceg Novi, Montenegro

Registered: 2009-09-23

Posts: 18

Re: asus r2h ethernet(RTL8101E)

I have exactly the same problem on exactly the same hardware but with 2.6.38.

Did anyone have success with this laptop in between 2.6.27 & 2.6.38?

Does anyone know what to do with that?

BTW: in 2.6.38.7 on GRML r8169 just works.

Last edited by czarkoff (2011-06-08 08:15:37)

czarkoff

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From: Herceg Novi, Montenegro

Registered: 2009-09-23

Posts: 18

Re: asus r2h ethernet(RTL8101E)

Well, the problem is solved by setting the interface it's real MAC adress:

ifconfig eth0 hw ether 01:23:45:67:89:AB

You can find Your MAC on a white label under the battery.

To make this change persistent one should add this command to "/etc/rc.multi".

Last edited by czarkoff (2011-06-08 11:24:46)