Re: PCMCIA / NIC /Cable on Inspiron 8000
Thanks very much for the help.
I've updated to the "testing" pcmcia-cs package. I've also verified that
the system is beeping twice at start-up, so presumably the card is
recognized and configured. One more thing that I got wrong in my original
question - after PCMCIA starts, it's the "Ln/Act" light on the dongle that
lights up (and stays on), not the "10/100" light.
Since I updated the pcmcia-cs package, when I run:
pump -i eth0
I get:
eth0: found link beat
eth0: autonegotiation complete: 10baseT-HD selected
eth0: interrupt stopped from card
Operation failed
"ifconfig" still doesn't show eth0, though.
I'm starting to strongly suspect that the card is working fine, and that I
just have to worry about the connection to the cable modem at this point.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Along those lines, I came across a newsgroup post that might be applicable
to my situation. It said in /sbin/ifup to change the line:
"if /sbin/pump -i $DEVICE; then"
to
"if /sbin/pump -i $DEVICE -h HOSTNAME; then"
(where HOSTNAME is my authentication string from the cable provider).
/sbin/ifup, however, is (not surprisingly) a binary file (or at least a lot
of garbage shows up on my screen when I do "vi /sbin/ifup") - I assume that
this means that I would have to make the change before compiling it. Is
this right, or do I have no idea what I'm talking about?
Again, many thanks for any direction.
Regards,
Noah
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