Hi!
I'm a newbie trying to make first steps and study SLED10 sp2.
After installation on PC it can't connect to network. On same PC is a Windows XP system which connect OK.
The mother board is a GA-945GCM-S2 with Realtek 8111/8169 LAN.
I found that that the link light is off when running Suse and ON when running Win XP.
I downloaded the driver newer ver 2.6.x and installed it according with the instructions in the attached README file (see the link
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false ).
At first it worked OK, but after a one of the reboots the system loosed the new net card driver and the original (old) reappeared.
I did again the install commands that appear in the README document for the driver :
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lsmod | grep r8169.
rmmod r8169
tar vjxf r8168-8.aaa.bb.tar.bz2
cd r8168-8.aaa.bb
make install
depmod -a
insmod ./src/r8168.ko
lsmod | grep r8168
ifconfig -a
ifconfig ethX up
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(see the complete README.txt at the end of this message). First times it succeed to reinstall, but after few reboots it loosed again.
Now after the ifconfig – a, doesn't show the eth0.
Please help.
TIA
Nanu
---------------- readme -----------------------------------------
<Linux device driver for Realtek Ethernet controllers>
This is the Linux device driver released for RealTek RTL8168B/8111B, RTL8168C/8111C, RTL8168CP/8111CP, RTL8168D/8111D Gigabit Ethernet controllers with PCI-Express interface.
<Requirements>
- Kernel source tree (supported Linux kernel 2.6.x and 2.4.x)
- For linux kernel 2.4.x, this driver supports 2.4.20 and latter.
- Compiler/binutils for kernel compilation
<Quick install with proper kernel settings>
Check whether the built-in driver, r8169.ko (or r8169.o for kernel 2.4.x), is installed.
# lsmod | grep r8169
If it is installed, please remove it.
# rmmod r8169
note: If the built-in driver cannot removed by rmmod, please edit /etc/modprobe.conf and comment 'alias eth0 r8169'. Then, remmove it again or reboot your computer.
Unpack the tarball :
# tar vjxf r8168-8.aaa.bb.tar.bz2
Change to the directory:
# cd r8168-8.aaa.bb
If you are running the target kernel, then you should be able to do :
# make clean modules (as root or with sudo)
# make install
# depmod -a
# insmod ./src/r8168.ko (or r8168.o in linux kernel 2.4.x)
You can check whether the driver is loaded by using following commands.
# lsmod | grep r8168
# ifconfig -a
If there is a device name, ethX, shown on the monitor, the linux
driver is loaded. Then, you can use the following command to activate
the ethX.
# ifconfig ethX up
,where X=0,1,2,...
<Set the network related information>
1. Set manually
a. Set the IP address of your machine.
# ifconfig ethX "the IP address of your machine"
b. Set the IP address of DNS.
Insert the following configuration in /etc/resolv.conf.
nameserver "the IP address of DNS"
c. Set the IP address of gateway.
# route add default gw "the IP address of gateway"
2. Set by doing configurations in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
/ifcfg-ethX for Redhat and Fedora, or /etc/sysconfig/network
/ifcfg-ethX for SuSE. There are two examples to set network
configurations.
a. Fix IP address:
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=ethernet
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=192.168.1.1
GATEWAY=192.168.1.254
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
b. DHCP:
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
<Modify the MAC address>
There are two ways to modify the MAC address of the NIC.
1. Use ifconfig:
# ifconfig ethX hw ether YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY
,where X is the device number assigned by Linux kernel, and
YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY is the MAC address assigned by the user.
2. Use ip:
# ip link set ethX address YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY
,where X is the device number assigned by Linux kernel, and
YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY is the MAC address assigned by the user.
<Force Link Status>
1. Force the link status when insert the driver.
If the user is in the path ~/r8168, the link status can be forced
to one of the 5 modes as following command.
# insmod ./src/r8168.ko speed=SPEED_MODE duplex=DUPLEX_MODE autoneg=NWAY_OPTION
,where
SPEED_MODE = 1000 for 1000Mbps
= 100 for 100Mbps
= 10 for 10Mbps
DUPLEX_MODE = 0 for half-duplex
= 1 for full-duplex
NWAY_OPTION = 0 for auto-negotiation off (true force)
= 1 for auto-negotiation on (nway force)
For example:
# insmod ./src/r8168.ko speed=100 duplex=0 autoneg=1
will force PHY to operate in 100Mpbs Half-duplex(nway force).
2. Force the link status by using ethtool.
a. Insert the driver first.
b. Make sure that ethtool exists in /sbin.
c. Force the link status as the following command.
# ethtool -s ethX speed SPEED_MODE duplex DUPLEX_MODE autoneg NWAY_OPTION
,where
SPEED_MODE = 1000 for 1000Mbps
= 100 for 100Mbps
= 10 for 10Mbps
DUPLEX_MODE = half for half-duplex
= full for full-duplex
NWAY_OPTION = off for auto-negotiation off (true force)
= on for auto-negotiation on (nway force)
For example:
# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg on
will force PHY to operate in 100Mpbs Full-duplex(nway force).
<Jumbo Frame>
Transmitting Jumbo Frames, whose packet size is bigger than 1500 bytes, please change mtu by the following command.
# ifconfig ethX mtu MTU
, where X=0,1,2,..., and MTU is configured by user.
RTL8168B/8111B supports Jumbo Frame size up to 4 kBytes.
RTL8168C/8111C and RTL8168CP/8111CP support Jumbo Frame size up to 6 kBytes.
RTL8168D/8111D supports Jumbo Frame size up to 9 kBytes.
