HI all, I've got a zoom X5 adsl modem/router (eth and usb interfaces) and have been trying to get it up my linux box to connect without much luck.

I've connected everything up (cables etc) and everything seems to be working but I can't get on the net.

i used netconfig to set up my ethernet card (sis900, onboardd) and that seemed to go ok, I selected use DHCP

if I ping the address of the router (10.0.0.2) i see that the lan light flashes on the router, indicating that it is recieving packets from the network card ok but I get 100% packet loss.

if I do an ifconfig eth0 i see that the network card has been assigned an ip of 10.0.0.11 (which would seem to indicate that the DHCP is working ok?) and indeed I can ping 10.0.0.11 ok.

I've also tried setting the ip address, gateway etc manually in netconfig to the right values but still no joy.

does anyone have any ideas?

Oh, I did notice one more thing that struck me as odd - in ifconfig it says the physical address of the network card is FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF !?!

incidentally I have been unable to get it to work in windoze either (and get exactly the same symptoms). before you say it, the problem most definitely isn't the router - its brand new, and I also get the same problems on 2 other routers I've tried.

any help would be really appreciated

When you installed Slack 10 did you choose the auto DHCP in the installation menu? Also the router should have DHCP enabled. The only other thing I can think of it that usually we don't use 10.x.x.x for local private networks, rather 192.168.x.x. What happens if you change the routers IP address to for example 192.168.0.1?

to be honest I really can't remember if I chose auto DHCP in the installation menu surely netconfig sorts all that out anyhow?

I know 10.0.0.2 is a bit odd but that's what the manual of this particular router says (the other routers ive tried have been on the more normal address of 192.168.1.1) and I can't really change the ip address of the router until I can log into the web interface!

oh and the manual also says DHCP is enabled by default

Hello,
The network card address you are getting:- FF FF FF FF FF FF would suggest that your network card is faulty. This should be the MAC address of the card you need to activate, and generally the one currently showing would point to a failed MAC code. You could try and re-write it with the utility from this link:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/macchanger/mac...r-1.5.0.tar.gz

Hmmm. well you may need to get methodical about this. Slackware should be able to detect your card's MAC address so this is suspect. So should windoze for that matter. Not sure what version of windoze you have but you can run the networking command (ipconfig or something like that?) with the release and renew options and see what happens. Do you have any extra network cards around that you can try? Or bring the card/computer/router to a friend's house and give them a try. Networking is one of the hardest things to debug because there are so many potential points of failure. Break it down to each area is the best apprroach.

good luck!

thanks for the help so far guys, its much appreciated. I'm in agreement that the MAC is

suspect, luckily I've got another card lying around which I tried last night without any joy

(although I reckon this is probably down to me not really knowing what I'm doing and not the

network card), haven't tried it in windows cuz the drivers are on floppy (and I cleverly

removed my floppy drive ages ago, so I'll have to dig that out). Anyhow heres the output

from ifconf

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:6E:77:20:CE
inet addr:10.0.0.4 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask 255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 Carrier:0
collisions:0 txquelen:1000
RX butes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:504 (504.0 b)
Interrupt:7 Base address:0xd800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 Carrier:0
collisions:0 txquelen:1000
RX butes:896 (896.0 b) TX bytes:896 (896.0 b)

My ethernet modem/router is set up as the following

ip: 10.0.0.2
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
dhcp address pool selection 10.0.0.4-10.0.0.15

I couldn't get netconfig to set up my eth0 for some reason so I did it manually through ifconfig, so I have a static ip - could this be the problem?

I have a similar adsl modem/router and looking at your output I am not sure that your netmask is correct. The 10.0.0.X range uses 255.0.0.0 so try changing it to this range using static addressing.

well it would certainly appear that the subnet mask is indeed 255.255.255.0 (I'm currently on the net in windows on the modem, worked first time) so I must have some settings incorrect

any ideas? also what is the local loopback doing there, and can I get rid of it somehow?

here's the output from ipconfig in windoze if it helps any

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : darkstar
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : DAVICOM 9102/A PCI Fast Et
pter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-6E-77-20-CE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 October 2004 17:16:43
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 02 October 2004 17:16:43

The way I had (and have mine setup with an Origo which is the same chipset) is eth0;
address 10.0.0.10
netmask 255.0.0.0
gateway 10.0.0.2

I use Debian and the configuration is very easy via /etc/network/interfaces. The loop back is essential as it deals with your local server and must not be removed.

soooooooooooo annoyed right now, still no luck. I'll try debian

Hi there,

Your output from Windoze ipconfig looks perfect, including I believe the net mask is ok at 255.255.255.0. I wonder if you have the correct kernel module loaded for your network card?

indeed the correct kernel module is loaded (current network card is a davicom, with the tulip module loaded). debian was no good, so I'm back trying to get slack working for me. I don't see what I've done wrong!?!

If I tell debian/slackware to use DHCP then no ip is assigned to eth0, and if I manually assign the ip I can't get any response from the router.

This looks to be simply a question of setting up your router/adsl modem correctly. Ensure that the modem is configured to handle dhcp and dns requests

i'm using dhcp in windows as we speak

IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS -YEEEEEEHAAAAA!!!!

I love linuxquestions so much, I've been having a good look at posts and thought I'd try something out as a last minute desperation, it turns out that the tulip module which I had loaded for my ethercard wasn't quite working right - gotta admit it was hard to spot since it seemed to be working fine (could ping the card fine etc) anyhow I loaded the dmfe module instead and here I am, on the net in linux

Thanks for all the help guys