Problem trying to connect linux to ethernet 4 ports router

barnettgs · 24 Feb 2006 at 21:07

I have installed suse linux OSS on my 1ghz machine and was impressed so I got Realtek ethernet card and fitted it in.

After many attempts to connect it to my 4 ports adsl router and reading some tutorials - I'm not sure if it is to do with adding a card after the linux installation.

It is detected and a module driver is loaded for it because no driver is suitable but there is a one for this realtek card so I changed it but somehow still doesn't works.

It is my first time setting up linux and I am getting bit used to yast2 setting but I'm still confused with no lan connection.

Anyone can set me straight?

Thanks

uk_viper · 24 Feb 2006 at 21:14

try manually starting it

#etc/init.d/[network interface] start

barnettgs · 24 Feb 2006 at 23:28

I am supposed to see it working first time but telling me to type in terminal window? This is 2006?

Vonhelmet · 24 Feb 2006 at 23:46

barnettgs said:
I am supposed to see it working first time but telling me to type in terminal window? This is 2006?

Yes, it is indeed 2006. The terminal is still useful. Get used to it.

Tell us the chipset of the card and we might be able to get somewhere.

riddlermarc · 25 Feb 2006 at 08:02

Is it a Realtek 8029/8139 pci card? They are well supported under Linux but you may indeed be running into problems due to installing after the O/S installation.

What do you get when you run 'ifconfig' in a terminal? You should see something like the following:

Code:

[root@**** ~]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:8D:48:2B:31
          inet addr:10.0.0.10  Bcast:10.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::250:8dff:fe48:2b31/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:262710 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:309347 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:192613215 (183.6 MiB)  TX bytes:159521697 (152.1 MiB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000

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:2805 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2805 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3154132 (3.0 MiB)  TX bytes:3154132 (3.0 MiB)

[root@**** ~]#

The terminal is your friend, don't get trapped in the Windows frame of mind that you can do everything with the mouse.. that's the power of Linux, you can get down'n'dirty when you need to

Clarkey · 25 Feb 2006 at 09:29

loving your hostname there mate

barnettgs · 25 Feb 2006 at 10:38

riddlermarc said:
Is it a Realtek 8029/8139 pci card? They are well supported under Linux but you may indeed be running into problems due to installing after the O/S installation.

What do you get when you run 'ifconfig' in a terminal?

It is Realtek 8139D card.

Hmm, I remembered seeing only eth0, no 'lo' was shown.

riddlermarc · 25 Feb 2006 at 11:13

Clarkey said:
loving your hostname there mate

I have Deepthought, ****, Lunkwill and Vroomfondel on my home network

Burbleflop · 25 Feb 2006 at 15:53

barnettgs said:
It is Realtek 8139D card.

Hmm, I remembered seeing only eth0, no 'lo' was shown.

You're sure there was no 'lo' interface shown? It'd be very, very unusual to not have a loopback interface.

If eth0 showed in ifconfig then the interface is already up. Can you post the output if ifconfig please.

barnettgs · 26 Feb 2006 at 14:22

Ok, I have just running it now and tried ifconfig...

Sorry, I realised my mistake, it was 'etho' missing, not 'lo' so here it is:

Code:

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:54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3772 (3.6 kb)  TX bytes:3772 (3.6 kb)

So is it a sign of problem with ethernet card? :confused:

I bought Realtek RTL8139 card thinking it would work in Linux and I have tried swapped over with another card, no luck.

barnettgs · 26 Feb 2006 at 15:23

Well, just found out that there is no driver written yet for my latest version of SUSE OSS 10.0 (kernal 2.6) for Realtek RTL8139D. There is drivers but it's only for kernal 2.4.

uk_viper · 27 Feb 2006 at 20:07

have you tried searching the suse forums there may be some help there on the issue