[vortex] (still) can't get 3c905B to work

[David Fenstermacher]

On 19 Mar 2001 01:39:55 +0100, ruben@nutz.nl wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 05:09:06PM -0600, David Fenstermacher wrote:
> 
> > # ifconfig eth0
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:5A:80:09:CB  
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> 
> Hrm. I would expect a line with your layer-3 info inbetween there, but it
> isn't. Normal ifconfig shows stuff like:
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:5A:B4:3D:36  
>           inet addr:212.189.234.2  Bcast:212.189.234.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> 
> See that inet addr: etc is missing?
> 
> Try to assign a ip-address manually, and see what that does.
> 
> like this:
> 
> ifconfig eth0 212.189.234.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 212.189.234.255 up

I tried that, but it doesn't work.  I just get a network not reachable
error when I try to ping.  The network I'm on is an all-switch network,
so I can't even ping a computer in the next room without going through a
switch.  IP addresses are also completely dynamically configured
(*grumble*), so the only way for the network and the switches to
recognize my computer is for me to get an IP from the DHCP server.  As
screwed up as all that sounds, my other box, which has an identical
software setup but a different network card, signed onto the network on
the first try, without having to change any of the default settings.  So
I doubt that it's a problem with the network....  any other ideas?
should I just buy a new network card?

> 
> If that works: double-check /etc/sysconfig and below for typo's, extra
> spaces, missing qoutes etc. 
> 
> -- 
> Ruben
> 
> "So why don't you make like a tree, and get outta here."
>   -- Biff in "Back to the Future"
>