nForce2, Mandrake 9.1, Networking
 

I've got a problem. I've got an ASUS A7N8X and decided to dual-boot with Windows XP and Mandrake 9.1

You can see system information here: w-ww.pcr-pg.org/largef-iles/partsyssp-ecs.zip

The specs were more targeted toward a RAID controller issue.

(Sorry about the dashes, it won't let me post a real URL. Just remove the dashes and navigate there.)

Anyway, after using the tarball to manually install the nForce drivers (the rpm didn't actually do anything), I setup my network. I'm using 192.168.0.2 with a class C network (255.255.255.0).

It's setup (shows the right IP and subnet with ifconfig) but I cannot go out onto the network and ping any of the other machines. I just do Linux for a hobby, so I'm not extremely knowledgeable.

One of the people I've discussed it with thinks it could actually be my onboard adapter some how. I just need some help to get it actually working. My goal is to join a Windows NT domain and be able to use the internet with Linux. As it is right now, I can't get out on the network even though I think it's setup correctly.

(P.S. Webmin is slow using either localhost or 127.0.0.1)

Please help me out, folks—be it a Linux newbie’s complete guide to setting up the network with Mandrake or what have you. I just hope that there’s nothing wrong with the adapter.

1st thing to check is lsmod. in the output you should see nvnet. if its not there then try: # modprobe nvnet post any errors you receive back here.

You can try installing the correct the correct rpm again and then change your booup parramaeters in grub or lilo so it don't load acpi suff.
I think it is 'acpi=noacpi'
You don't need to change it direct, you can first try it when you boot. Its a long shot but I know suse has trouble with the nforce and acpi
Let us know if thingsw work.CU

Ok, I disabled ACPI and the ACPI event thing through webmin (which for some reason runs normally now). I copied a section from various logs of my last bootup in case it helps.

Console Commands:
ifconfig
lsmod
modprobe
(For some reason I couldn't get modprobe to work.)

Log Excerpts:
daemonerrors
daemoninfo
bootlog
syslog

I hope this helps.

On the same motherboard, I have everything working properly except the 3Com on-board networking card. Is this card supported under Linux? It's a 3C920B-EMB integrated NIC. I'm running a Linux From Scratch box with kernel 2.4.20. Does one of the 3Com modules work with this card? Thanks in advance.

kernel 2.4.21 & up has the driver in the kernel, just upgrade & recompile.

I don't know if this will help anyone but here goes. Many pepole have been having trouble with the network and sound drivers for the nforce2 chipset on the a7n8x-dx. Here are my findings, install the nvidia rpm first and then install the asus nforce drivers. edit your modules.conf file to use the i810 audio driver from the asus rpm and the nvnet driver from the nvidia rpm this should solve most of your problems.

You guys are kinda falling away from the thread. I need some help.

particle, try doing what i wrote, i had the same problems as you and now everything works

Re: nForce2, Mandrake 9.1, Networking
 

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Re: nForce2, Mandrake 9.1, Networking
 

Forgive me I am a tad lost.

you are dual booting XP and Mandrake 9.1 and your NIC is not working correctly ATM.

That IP address you listed does not appear to be a valid WAN IP, but rather a LAN IP, and one you will commonly see if you use netgear routers. Are you using such a device? Or are you connecting directly to a DSL/Cable modem? Other type of internet connection?

Please describe your network as best you can.

Does XP connect correctly to the internet? If so what IP address does it claim it has?

Can you ping the loopback adapter? ping -c 4 127.0.0.1


From your ifconfig you are not broadcasting or recieving packets at all. Here is one thing to check. reboot the system and go into BIOS/CMOS config. locate the Plug n' play bios setting and disable it.

Seems ike your sound is failing to init from the bootlog as well, this may also be caused by the plug n play setting.

try running drakconf then select network and internet then DrakConnect. It will test your connection and then list its finding.

Shoudl look something like

interface Ip address protocol Driver state
eth0 dhcp natsemi up

If you do not see dhcp under protocol, then DHCP is not getting an IP address correctly.

My NIC works under Windows but not Mandrake. I've used 192.168.0.2 for this machine coming on about four years now without a problem (we use static IPs for all permanent machines on this LAN and DHCP for laptops and minor systems).

I can ping either localhost or 127.0.0.1 (both), it works for either one. I didn't much care about the sound, since the built-in i810 driver in Mandrake gives me sound. I'll check my BIOS just in case, however.

There was nothing under address or protocol, so I set protocol to static and haven't restarted yet.

Anyway, we have about a dozen machines on a class C LAN. There is a slightly outdated network topology map available here: http://www.xfury.net/Topology%20Map%2011-8-02.jpg

The only real changes are that the WiFi AP is now in use, and another machine (a laptop) named Deimos is permanently connected via WiFi using DHCP.

The NT domain name is XFURY, the NT4 PDC was replaced with a Windows 2000 Server recently.

Stargate is the domain controller. My machine is Tim. I'll go ahead and check my BIOS now and see if anything's happened. As for updating the kernel, that's beyond me.

I'm not sure if setting my protocol to static did it or the fact that I disabled ACPI in my BIOS, but I'm posting this from Linux as we speak. It would seem that everything's working.

Thanks to everybody that helped. I'll be writing a guide on my website later.

Turn ACPI back on and see if it comes back. Just for curiosity.

Though I was referring to a seperate setting from APCI when I said Plug n' play, nonetheless congrats.

My BIOS (oddly enough, along with PCI latency) didn't have the option you were talking about like my A7M266 and A7V333 did.

I figured I'd kill ACPI anyway and it worked, along with my USB printer and 3ware Escalade 7500-8.