It doesn't work even when I assign it an IP address that should be valid
for the network I'm on.
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> From: Steve Borho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: ethernet setup
> Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 12:31 PM
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 10:24:57AM -0800, Sean Staats wrote:
> > I made sure that the ethernet card does get recognized at boot time and
> > I now understand that eth0 is an interface and not a device so there
> > won't be such a thing as /dev/eth0. I typed "ifconfig eth0 up" and got
> > no error messages. I typed "ifconfig eth0" and it gave me a lot of
> > information about the interface, but of course no IP is assigned to it.
> > I'm wondering if maybe it is using the wrong broadcast address for a
> > DHCP request to a WinNT DHCP server. Also, would a firewall cause the
> > problem? I've configured the kernel to support firewalls, but I've
> > never configured a firewall as I haven't learned about it yet. Here is
> > what I've done to try to get DHCP to work...
> > dhcpcd -h staats eth0
> > dhcpcd -h staats -r eth0
> > pump -i eth0 -h staats
> >
> > But in all cases, it timed out waiting for a response from a DHCP
server.
> > I appreciate all your ideas and suggestions.
>
> If you configure the card by hand (give it an IP address), does it work?
>
> The reason I ask is that the driver cannot know if it is using the wrong
> IRQ line, you'll just never receive any packets.
>
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