Network not recognized

[Donald Becker]

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Mark wrote:

> If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated. This computer
> (running RH5.2 2.0.36) will not see the network. Everything (routing,
> cables, etc.) has been ruled out except hardware. If anyone has any ideas
> let me know. Included are the tulip-diag output and part of the message
> file. (sorry it's so long)

Check your cables again.

>  MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
>    1100 7809 7810 0000 01e1 0000 0000 0000

You don't have link beat.
Run 'mii-diag' for a verbose explaination of the transceiver status.

This problem has little to do with the PNIC, it's the MI transceiver that
handles the link status.

> Oct 25 21:59:36 srha090 kernel: tulip.c:v0.91g 7/16/99 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
> Oct 25 21:59:36 srha090 kernel: eth0: Lite-On 82c168 PNIC rev 33 at
> 0xfc00, 00:A0:CC:3B:2E:4A, IRQ 11.
> Oct 25 21:59:36 srha090 kernel: eth0:  MII transceiver #1 config 1100
> status 7809 advertising 01e1. 
> Oct 25 21:59:36 srha090 kernel: eth0: MII status 7809, Link partner report
> 0000.
> Oct 25 21:59:36 srha090 kernel: eth0: No link beat on the MII interface,
> status 7809. 


Donald Becker
Scyld Computing Corporation, and
USRA-CESDIS,   becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov