network problem

micder · 09-11-2005, 10:17 AM

Just installed my first debian from 3.1 Sarge DVD.
On board NIC (sk98lin)was not detected during install.
Compiled module sk98lin and NIC is detected.
Tried to setup connection with dpkg-reconfigure etherconf:

Listening on LPF/eth0/Hwaddr
Sending on LPF/eth0/Hwaddr
Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database.

Any idea, hint is very welcome

yanik · 09-11-2005, 10:22 AM

do you use dhcp?

what does /etc/network/interfaces looks like?

micder · 09-11-2005, 11:58 AM

I did not use dhcp.
Installed dhcpcd.
And now my /etc/network/interfaces is:
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# the internet network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

and ifconfig -a gives:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13

4:12

7:E0
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:17 Memory:cdefc000-0

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3440 (3.3 KiB) TX bytes:3440 (3.3 KiB)

and dmesg gives:
sk98lin: Network Device Driver v8.23.1.3
(C)Copyright 1999-2005 Marvell(R).
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 02:00.0 to 64
eth0: Marvell Yukon 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
PrefPort:A RlmtMode:Check Link State

dmesg on Slack partition (same box) gives:
sk98lin: Network Device Driver v8.23.1.3
(C)Copyright 1999-2005 Marvell(R).
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
eth0: Marvell Yukon 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
PrefPort:A RlmtMode:Check Link State

BTW: motherboard is PCI-express and slack kernel is 2.6.11, debian's 2.4.27

yanik · 09-11-2005, 12:23 PM

Well if you don't use dhcp, why did you install dhcpcd?

I don't use dhcp either and this is what my /etc/network/interfaces looks like:

Code:

nixbox:/home/yanik# cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.253
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.1.0
        broadcast 192.168.1.255
        gateway 192.168.1.1