I'm trying to get my laptop on the ethernet network at work.
Its an IBM T-30 running SUSE 9.1 pro. When I plug in the network cable, a green light come on, but laptop isnt going onto the network(via DHCP)
I looked at configured network devices, and the 100MBps port is coming up with the right MAC address.
How can I fix this?

Thanks

hi there

is static IP address working for u??

regards

What diagnostics have you done so far ?

If none, try the following:

disconnect the ethernet cable, and then in a terminal, execute the command as root "tail -f /var/log/messages"
plug the cable back into the port. Any messages ? to get out of the above, "ctrl-c"

If the above shows that the card is working, you may need to have a look at the Network settings in "YaST2"

You may also want to manually up the network device

"ifup eth0" <--- bring up the Ethernet
"ifdown eth0" <--- take it down.

what does: ifconfig (in a console) return?

what is on the other end of the ethernet cable?

I dont have the laptop with me right now, so I'll post the diagnostics tomorrow.
What is a static IP addess? HOw would I use it?
The other end of the ethernet cable? Um I do not know, all computers are plugged into a central domain in the school, and this is what I want to get into. My old dell laptop can do that.

I dont want to pester my network administrator, because I chose to be root on my laptop, and gave up all my help rights from him.

Thanks

hi there

static IP is when u fix a IP address on ur system,instead of geting a ip adress from ur DHCP server

lookout for

man ifconfig

ex.
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.20

to fix ur ip address

regards

Static IP address did not work

Notebook has wireless card as well as standard 100MBps cable. I think eth0 is wireless, eth1 is physical cable.
Here is the output for tail -f /var/log/messages :
After plugging in cable
ct 14 14:19:59 linux kernel: eth0: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
Oct 14 14:20:00 linux kernel: eth0: New link status: Association Failed (0006)
Oct 14 14:20:02 linux kernel: eth0: New link status: Connected (0001)
Oct 14 14:20:06 linux kernel: e100: eth1: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-
duplex

While I was typing it addtionally produced:
4 14:22:15 linux kernel: eth0: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
Oct 14 14:22:17 linux kernel: eth0: New link status: Connected (0001)



ifconfig returned(actual physical card address has been changed):
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:99:99:99:ZZ:99
inet6 addr: ZZ99::ZZ99:ZZ99:ZZ99:aa14/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:7084 (6.9 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xb000 Memory:f8000000-f8000fff

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:68 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:68 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4936 (4.8 Kb) TX bytes:4936 (4.8 Kb)



ifup eth1 returned (numbers removed):
eth1 device: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Cont
roller (rev 42)
eth1 configuration: eth-id-00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth1... . . . . . no IP address yet... background
ing.iptables v1.2.9: interface name `wlan-id-xx:xx:xx:xx' must be shorter
than IFNAMSIZ (15)
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
iptables v1.2.9: interface name `wlan-id-xx:xxx;xx:xx' must be shorter than
IFNAMSIZ (15)
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
iptables v1.2.9: interface name `wlan-id-0...' must be shorter than
IFNAMSIZ (15)
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.



Thanks

Bump Anyone??

hi there

"stsic IP addres did not work"??

how did u set up that
and after setting up ur static IP address could u ping that IP address

also what i can see is u have eth1 as ur wirelas card from this

"
eth1 configuration: eth-id-00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth1... . . . . . no IP address yet... background
ing.iptables v1.2.9: interface name `wlan-id-xx:xx:xx:xx' must be shorter
than IFNAMSIZ (15)
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptable
"
regards