Networkin problem with Surecom EP-320X-S card

r4z3r · 07-09-2005, 02:36 PM

Hi,
I'm a total Linux newbie, so please don't mind if I ask something stupid.
I use a Debian distribution and I've got a Surecom EP320X-S Ethernet card.
The system detects it right, but I don't know what to do next to make it work. Here's the output of lspci and ifconfig( this latter gives an error message). I'm not really sure if I use the ifconfig command the right way.

Code:

linux:/# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:0b.0 Communication controller: Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 01)
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: MYSON Technology Inc SURECOM EP-320X-S 100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV10 [GeForce 256 SDR] (rev 10)
linux:/# ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:44:66:B3:6B
          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:11 Base address:0xe000
linux:/# ifconfig eth0 adress MyIPAddr netmask MySubNetMask hw ether MyMacAddr pointtopoint MyDNS
adress: Host name lookup failure
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.

Thanks,
R4z3r.

qs_tahmeed · 07-09-2005, 11:00 PM

hello,

Thats where you made the mistake:

linux:/# ifconfig eth0 adress MyIPAddr netmask MySubNetMask hw ether MyMacAddr pointtopoint MyDNS

it should't be there - rather just the IP_ADDR

regards.

qs_tahmeed · 07-09-2005, 11:03 PM

HI! Again:

forgot to mention that you might need to put entry in the file "/etc/resolv.conf"
so that your APPLICATIONS can use the DNS. the entry will be i.e.

nameserver IP_DNS

and for additional pointing use "/etc/hosts" file.

bye

r4z3r · 07-10-2005, 02:04 AM

Hi again,
I've excluded adress, so here's what I get now:

Code:

linux:/home/# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:44:66:B3:6B
          inet addr:83.218.192.232  Bcast:83.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.254.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::202:44ff:fe66:b36b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:11934 (11.6 KiB)  TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe000

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:1678 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1678 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:139384 (136.1 KiB)  TX bytes:139384 (136.1 KiB)

linux:/home/# ifconfig eth0  83.218.192.232 netmask 255.255.254.0 pointtopoint 195.138.124.37
pointtopoint: Host name lookup failure
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.

What should I insert into /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts?
What's a BROADCAST?
Please help!
Thanks,
R4z3r

qs_tahmeed · 07-10-2005, 01:14 PM

you have to add a "-" before "pointtopoint"

that should do.

add your DNS servers IP_ADDR to the "/etc/resolv.conf" file as

"nameserver DNS_IP" you can also add multiple nameservers - one per line - max 3 will count.

if you wishes to cotact with the other host of the p-to-p link without using DNS then add the following entry
in the "/etc/hosts" file:

IP hostname

you will see one similar entry there pointing to the localhost - the PC itself.

BROADCAST are special type of requests/replies that can be recieved by all in a network.

bye...

r4z3r · 07-11-2005, 04:02 PM

Hi,
the man page says the - symbol is optional and even this command gives the same error message:

Code:

ifconfig eth0  83.218.192.232 netmask 255.255.254.0 -pointtopoint

Still don't know what to do.
Please provide more details.
Thanks.
R4z3r.

r4z3r · 08-01-2005, 12:59 PM

Hi, guys.
At last I've configured my Internet connection ( this message is being sent from Linux).
I've used the 'network-admin' from "gnome-system-tools". Thanks to Debian Surviver at www.togaware.com.
Thanks to everybody who has posted to this thread - I mean qs_tahmeed. Thanks, pal.
Bye,
R4z3r.

qs_tahmeed · 08-02-2005, 10:37 AM

Congrtulation....

Thats a long time. You surely have worked hard to get that up

any way best regrads.....

i think i was missing some thing for the point-to-point link.

bye....