eth%d?? Network issues and Mandrake 10
Hi folks,
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions abouta problem that I'm having with my laptop and networking. Below is a description of the problem. Please note that networking *does* work, if I wait until a certain point during boot up (like after the loop back test, I think). I plug in, new hardware is found, and I have internet access.
Install went fine. I had networking, right up until the point when
the install finished. I know this, because I could see the lights on
the dongle. Everything rebooted, eth0 wasn't found, bye, bye networking.
Now, if I boot up the computer with the network card in, I get no
network. If I pull it out, reboot, then push it in the slot after boot up,
then I get a network.
Here are the technical details - or at least as many as I know at this
time.
Computer: Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop
NIC: NO INTERNAL NIC! Nic is a pcmcia card: Lynksys pcmpc100 v3
Driver: axnet_cs
distro Mandrake 10
internet connection: Lan (goes through a router to a cable modem.
I believe that devfs is running.
Occasionally, when I have the find new harware service on, it'll find
an eth%d device and ask me to configure it. I've never been able to,
of course. I think this is because somehow, the driver attached to /dev/eth%d and I don't understand that.
Please note, that in the boot up sequence, eth0 is listed as a failed
device if the card is left in. Of course, if I pull it out and insert
it after boot up has passed that point, I get a working network.
Turning off the find new hardware (or auto probe) has no effect during
boot up. If it's off, I don't ever get a network.
Here is what I found when I ran ifconfig:
Ifconfig with working network.
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:93:40:9D
inet addr:192.168.0.100 Bcast:192.168.0.255
Mask:255.255.25 5.0
inet6 addr: fe80::204:5aff:fe93:409d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:974 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:472 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:512959 (500.9 Kb) TX bytes:72590 (70.8 Kb)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:223 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:223 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:14916 (14.5 Kb) TX bytes:14916 (14.5 Kb)
Here is ifconfig without working network:
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:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4028 (3.9 Kb) TX bytes:4028 (3.9 Kb)
Any ideas?
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