SOHO eth0 and redhat 7x help

rayflynn · 08-14-2001, 10:35 PM

installed redhat 7.1 with 2.4.x kernel. and it doesn't recognize eth0 card. can i install driver from floppy? or am I doing install wrong? what's up?
eth0 card is SOHOware fast NDC 10/100 F/E Adapter

vance · 08-15-2001, 01:13 PM

hey ray...
this is just a shot in the dark and may be completely unrelated to your problem:

i had a similar problem and my card (an eznet card) used the rtl8139.o driver under the old linux kernel. check your etc/modules file to see if this driver is used for yours as well. if it is, they renamed it rtl8139too.o for linux 2.4.

like i say its a shot in the dark, but maybe it lets you know someone's out there. grin.

good luck.
vance.

DMR · 08-15-2001, 08:39 PM

I believe your card should be using the tulip.o module, which is natively supported by the kernel. Here's my "canned-answer" checklist for basic NIC problems, hope it is of some help:

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1. Check the screen output at bootup. If the NIC is being properly initialized, you should see a line that says: "Bringing up eth0- O.K." If you see "failed" or "delaying" instead, you've got problems (see #3).

2. Assuming the NIC comes up, you can do the configuration with the graphical configuration tools linuxconf or netconf. Click on Basic host information->Adaptor 1. From there, select eth0 as the device, choose the correct module for your NIC from the drop-down list of kernel modules, and enable the device. Then either choose DHCP (if you're using it), or enter your IP information manually. After that, fill in your DNS and gateway/routing info under the appropriate sections.

3. If you get a failure on bootup, you may have a resource conflict with another device. Try turning off Plug-N-Play support in your BIOS, it can cause conflicts with some cards.

4. Log in as root, go to the command line or terminal window, and type "cat /proc/pci" and verify that your NIC is being recognized. Type "cat /proc/interrupts" and make sure your NIC's IRQ isn't conflicting with another device. Type "cat /proc/ioports" and check the address ranges for conflicts. If you have resource conflicts, you can try rearranging the slot order of your PCI cards.

5. You can also verify the IRQ/address info by typing "ifconfig". There should be stats for the loopback device (lo) and eth0.

6. If the module isn't loading, try to load it manually by typing "insmod <your module's name>" or "modprobe <your module's name>". After that, type "lsmod" to list all loaded modules; the module should show up there.

7. You can then manually configure the NIC by typing "ifconfig eth0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx up", where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is your IP address.

8. Last, type "alias eth0 <your module's name>".