pcmcia ethernet card

rabby · 03-08-2004, 09:46 AM

hallo world!

for some days i have been sitting in front of my old notebook and can not get the pcmcia ethernet card get installed and configured :-(

the card is found by slackware's cardmgr as a FEP 501 card ... on socket 1 which is correct. it should use the module pcnet_cs but lsmod tells me, pcnet_cs is running but not in use.

so, what should i do next?

thank you !

ps: ifconfig can not find the device eth0 etc :-(

meldar · 03-08-2004, 10:04 AM

When using a wireless network card, the device wlan0 is used instead of eth0. Try typing ifconfig -a to see what it can find.

rabby · 03-08-2004, 10:09 AM

it is an lan card... no wireless...

Quote:

lo
link encap: local loopback

...

as i see, somebody has the same prob: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=154182

without a solution !

meldar · 03-08-2004, 11:35 AM

Exactly what modules have you loaded?

rabby · 03-08-2004, 11:47 AM

as i see, i have loaded pcnet_cs. but axnet_cs is needed, it says...
now i changed it via rmmod and insmod... but anyway the next booting, the same error is occuring :-(

it loads against pcnet_cs instead of axnet.

how wto connect axnet_cs with it instead of pcnet_cs?

meldar · 03-09-2004, 12:16 AM

Change it in a file like /etc/modules.autoload (depends on your distribution).
Have you loaded yenta_socket and pcmcia support?

superbondbond · 03-09-2004, 12:51 AM

if it loads pcnet_cs upon inserting the card, then that's probably the correct module.

try ifconfig eth0 up and then see if the card shows up. if that be the case then it's definitely the correct module.

open up /etc/pcmcia/network.opts and that's where you'll configure the card settings. It will look something like this:

Code:

case "$ADDRESS" in
*,*,*,*)
    INFO=""
    # Transceiver selection, for some cards -- see 'man ifport'
    IF_PORT=""
    # Use BOOTP (via /sbin/bootpc, or /sbin/pump)? [y/n]
    BOOTP="n"
    # Use DHCP (via /sbin/dhcpcd, /sbin/dhclient, or /sbin/pump)? [y/n]
    DHCP="n"
    # If you need to explicitly specify a hostname for DHCP requests
    DHCP_HOSTNAME=""
    # Host's IP address, netmask, network address, broadcast address
    IPADDR=""
    NETMASK=""
    NETWORK=""
    BROADCAST=""
    # Gateway address for static routing
    GATEWAY=""
    # Things to add to /etc/resolv.conf for this interface
    DOMAIN=""
    SEARCH=""
    DNS_1=""
    DNS_2=""
    DNS_3=""
    # NFS mounts, should be listed in /etc/fstab
    MOUNTS=""
    # If you need to override the interface's MTU...
    MTU=""
    # For IPX interfaces, the frame type and network number
    IPX_FRAME=""
    IPX_NETNUM=""
    # Extra stuff to do after setting up the interface
    start_fn () { return; }
    # Extra stuff to do before shutting down the interface
    stop_fn () { return; }
    # Card eject policy options
    NO_CHECK=n
    NO_FUSER=n
    ;;
esac

Just fill in the fields as needed and then it will configure those settings each time you re-insert the card. You can even set up profiles if you connect to more than one network. There's a brief explanation at the top of that file on how to do this. For all you'll need to know on this, check out the PCMCIA HOW-TO at the Linux documentation project:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...CIA-HOWTO.html

skog · 03-09-2004, 01:17 AM

in slackware the modules file is in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules

but for this problem check in /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice there should be 1 uncommented line something like:
/sbin/modprobe pcnet_cs
change this to or comment that one and add a new one like:
/sbin/modprobe axnet_cs

if its not in there you need to look in /etc/modules.conf there might be a line something like
alias pcnet_cs eth0
change this to:
alias axnet_cs eth0

ok i reread your posts and i think the below info is obsolete so maybe disregard it. ill leave it incase it helps ...

do you use dhcp or a static ip?

when you plug in the ethernet card does the light come on? Does the light on the hub/router come on?

if you use a static ip try:
ifconfig eth0 <ipaddress> up

if you use dhcp try:
dhcpcd -t 10 -d eth0

if your not sure try:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 up

then do:
ifconfig
and see what it lists copy any error msgs to here you get when you try those commands too.

skog · 03-09-2004, 01:22 AM

/quote
if it loads pcnet_cs upon inserting the card, then that's probably the correct module.
quote/

not necessarily superbondbond you can disable modules from loading in the blacklist and the plug'n play always needs help in linux it is sort of configured but cant always be trusted.

superbondbond · 03-09-2004, 07:57 AM

That's true, and in looking through my /etc/pcmcia/config file, I see the entry for that card:

Code:

card "FEP501 Fast Ethernet"
  version "PCMCIA", "FEP501"
  bind "axnet_cs"

So pardon my assumption

Therefore, rabby, check that your /etc/pcmcia/config file has an entry like that.