Not able to bring Linux on network.
Seems like mine is a unique problem as I could not find any helpful threads. My problem goes as below -
I am newbie to Linux world. Installed Debian(Sarge) 3.1.r0a successfully on a Compaq desktop which has built-in Intel(R) PRO 100 Ethernet card into the motherboard configured as 'eth0'. I am trying to setup linux with Linksys wired router (series something like BEFS...) which is confifured to login to DSL to access Internet. My problem is I am not able to access / ping my local network. Output of route command gives me nothing. Output of 'lspci' gives the list of all PCI devices including Ethernet controller. Output of 'ifconfig' command gives output of 'local loopback' Get reply when I ping localhost or 127.0.0.1 But I cannot ping external host that is windows XP box or ping linksys router whose IP address is 192.168.0.1 Does anybody has solution to my problem? Thank you in advance. Raj |
if you use dhcp, just run the comand 'dhclient'.
otherwise, do this: Code:
su |
Thank you for responding to my post. However, it still did not help. Below is the logs on running command dhcpclient -
/home/rgouda# dhclient Listening on LPF/lo/<null> Sending on LPF/lo/<null> Listening on LPF/eth0/00:02:a5:aa:8e:9c Sending on LPF/eth0/00:02:a5:aa:8e:9c Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 14 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 17 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 20 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.222.255 port 67 interval 6 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database. Sleeping. Can somebody give me more insights please. Thank you in advance. |
May this give someone clue.
# ifconfig eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:A5:AA:8E:9C UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric: 1 RX Packets: 0 errors;0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX Packets: 6 errors;0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 RX bytes: 0 (0.0 b) TX bytes: 2052 (2.0 KiB) lo Link encap: Local Loopback inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mast: 255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric: 1 RX Packets:13717 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets: 13717 errors:0 dropped:0 overrunds:0 carrier:0 collisions: 0 RX bytes: 1146567 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes: 1146567 (1.0 MiB) Another command dmesg output is: # dmesg | grep eth0 e100: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Connection. Please let me know if anybody has suggestions, willing to try any other alternatives. Thanks, |
well, do you have a dhcp server running on your router? iow, does your router automatically give out ip addresses to you? if not then dhclient will not work.
in any case, did you try the other commands i put in my last post? if dhclient doesn't work, the next step is to attempt to configure your ethernet card manually. (each line is a different command) Code:
su |
Yes I did tried to run other list of commands. Command route add default gw failed.
# ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 up # route add default gw 192.168.1.1 SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable I forgot to mention this in my reply. Do you know what exactly is going on? I do have network cable connected to router. Looking forward to any help. |
You still haven't answered if you are running DHCP on your router. Also,
Code:
# ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 up make sure the 'route add default gw' is the IP address of your router and the 'ifconfig eth0' address is an unused address on the same network. HTH |
Output of someother commands if this gives anyone clue to lead me any direction -
# netstat -nr Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface ...... (empty) # ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [TP MII] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation; Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: Unknown! (65535) Duplex: Unknow! (255) Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports wake-on: puag Wake-on: g Link detected: no # dmesg | grep eth e100: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network connection Thanks, Gouda |
Hi HTH,
Thanks for pointing me to my incorrect subnet address. I corrected that but still it was not working, recycled my linksys router now I can ping and hooked on to my network and internet. Thank you for your help, you are very helpful. |
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