RE: [Sheflug] Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] SuSE 7.3 Network Problems

["Alistair Williamson" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Thomas,

The cards are all PCI - a couple of them are new. 1 is a National
Semiconductor NE2000 clone, I also have a Netgear FA311 and an RTL 8139
(that's the one installed at the moment.)

>Are you using DHCP to pick up
> hostnames??? Or are you adding entries in "/etc/hosts"
> manually???

No neither - I just have an IP address set up on both machines (I've taken
the others off the network to save confusion) and am trying to ping one from
the other.

> I'd be interested in seeing an output of the command
> "ifconfig".

ifconfig -a shows eth0, lo and sit0

ifconfig eth0 gives:
Link encap:Ethernet HWAddress 00:01:A7:0B:B1:E9
inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast192.168.0.255 Mask 255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::210:a7ff:fe0b:b1e9/10 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overuns:0 frame:0
Tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:16 overuns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes (0.0 b)
Interupt:11 Base address:0x9000

> It's your lucky day...I don't drink!!

Do you smoke, take recreational substances, eat chocolate?

Many thanks,

Alistair



> -----Original Message-----
> From: shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> [mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Thomas Adam
> Sent: 15 December 2001 12:56
> To: Alistair Williamson; suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com; Shef-Lug [at] List.
> Sheflug. Org. Uk
> Subject: [Sheflug] Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] SuSE 7.3 Network Problems
>
>
>  --- Alistair Williamson
> <alistair_williamson [at] btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi All,
> >
> > I am running SuSE 7.3 on what is to be a network
> > server for a school.
> >
> > My problem is, I can't get any network cards to
> > work?
>
> Strange. How old are the network cards that you are
> trying to use?? What make are they?
>
> > I know the cards (I have 4) all work - and indeed in
> > other flavours of
> > Linux.
> >
> > I have now stripped the machine down to 1 card and
> > reloaded SuSE. The card
> > is auto detected and configured. I have set an IP
> > address of
> > 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0, but I can't ping into or
> > out of the machine
> > (other machines on the same network have no problems
> > pinging each other).
>
>
> I'd be interested in seeing an output of the command
> "ifconfig"...... especially, as you say that you
> cannot ping anywhere. Are you using DHCP to pick up
> hostnames??? Or are you adding entries in "/etc/hosts"
> manually???
>
> > I am able to ping localhost - and that works OK
> > (should prove the card is
> > working).
>
> I would suspect that the reason you are able to ping
> localhost (usually 127.0.0.1/2) is because this has
> been set up as a lo (loopback) device. This ping never
> reaches another computer, it merely pings itself
> internally.
>
>
> > All the hardware works correctly with other flavours
> > of Linux (I have
> > e-smith on another drive).
> >
> > I will buy (several) pints for anyone who can help
> > me solve this one!
>
> It's your lucky day...I don't drink!! I would say,
> that if you posted me a copy of your ifconfig output
> results, then maybe I can help you further.
>
> Of course, the other thing to check is the following:
>
> In "/etc/nsswitch.conf", there should be a line:
>
> "hosts:      dns files"
>
> make sure that you add the word all to the list, so
> that it looks like the following:
>
> "hosts:      dns files all"
>
> See if that has any effect.
>
> HTH,
>
> Thomas Adam
>
> =====
> Thomas Adam
>
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