On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 12:23:17PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm a little embarrassed. I've installed debian around 50 times, but
> somehow I can't do it on this computer. I've started the installer (off
> of floppies), and I've gotten to the point where I should be able to
> install the base system over the network. I have an 3COM Etherlink III,
> and the 3c509 module was installed w/ no errors, but it wouldn't install
> over the network. I went into a shell and tried to ping my gateway, but
> I couldn't. I can't ping anything on the network (except myself). Not
> sure exactly what's wrong (seeing as the module installed fine), any
> thoughts would be appreciated.
If you're absolutely sure all your network settings are correct I would
take a look at the hardware. Make sure link lights are working all the
way around. If you have a hub unplug it and plug it back in. If you
have never used the card before you should check the settings of the
card. I ran into this once with a 3c509 where it was set to use the BNC
connector instead of RJ-45. I'm not exactly sure how to check this
under linux. It was listed in dmesg on my OpenBSD box. You could also
check /sbin/ifconfig on the card or maybe /proc/pci. At any rate there is a
utility you can down-load off the 3com site. You can check the card with
that and change the settings. The name of the utility is 3c5x9cfg and
is on the second disk.
hth,
kent
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