Hi all,

Here is the story. I am building a LinuxMCE box. My on-board NIC is recognized just fine but my second NIC is not being picked up. I have already searched for similar problems but I havent run across anything solid. Im kinda a newbie so please bare that in mind though I do know my way around the console.

Where should I start to fix this issue?

Specs:

AMD Phenom 9750
Asus M3N-HT
200 GB Maxtor HD
NIC #1 on-board
NIC #2 3Com 3CSOHO100-TX

Thanks in advance

Maybe you need a driver for the second nic? type on the command line "ldsmod" and it shall tell you all the modules that are loaded for drivers. Look for "3c59x" if it is not there try loading loading it using this command "modprobe -v 3c59x". Let me know how this worked out.

ldsmod unfortunately is returning "Command not Found" but I ran "modprobe -v 3c59x" and it returned:

insmod /lib/modules/2.6.27-14-generic/kernel/drivers/net/mii.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.27-14-generic/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko

also I do not see a new adapter listed when I run ifconfig

OKay so the module is loaded. Type this and let me know how this goes. "/sbin/ifconfig eth0" then run "/sbin/ifconfig eth1" copy the outputs here for me please.

Something else just came to me also. Disable the onboard nic and see if Ubuntu recognizes the second one. If it does then turn the onboard one back on but change the irq in the bios if you can.

chris@chris-desktop:~$ sbin/ifconfig eth0
bash: sbin/ifconfig: No such file or directory
chris@chris-desktop:~$ /sbin/ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:15:ec:dd:30
inet addr:192.168.2.4 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::222:15ff:feec:dd30/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:172 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:21046 (21.0 KB) TX bytes:6077 (6.0 KB)
Interrupt:219 Base address:0xa000

chris@chris-desktop:~$ /sbin/ifconfig eth1
eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found
chris@chris-desktop:~$

Try the other thing I suggested. I think you may have to reconfigure the second nic. Either that or there is something wrong with the second nic.

Yeah I tried that is as well and it is not getting picked up. Im gonna go get a linksys LNE 100TX in the morning and give that a whirl. Just trying to not spend money if I didnt have to. thanks for the help!

You are welcome man wish I had better news was all.