EtherJet on ThinkPad doesn't work with Potato
Greetings,
We're trying to install Potato (R0, I think) on a ThinkPad T22 with no
onboard ethernet, so we got it with a "network card" which turned out to
be an IBM EtherJet 10/100.
Installation goes fine through configuring the network. For PCMCIA
support, we chose the Intel-compatible option (it's got a TI PCI-1450
controller); I think this was correct because after that step: /proc/pci
reported an unknown ethernet controller on bus 2, and the tulip_cb
module is auto-loaded (this is supposed to be the right module for this
card according to a number of linux laptop sites). The module is also
removed when the card is ejected, and re-loaded when inserted again.
And the blinking lights and nonzero RX packets, TX packets (following a
ping attempt) and collisions reported by ifconfig seem to indicate that
the card is interacting with the network.
So, here's the problem: pings are not answered, and "route" or "ifconfig
eth0 stop" in tty2 don't do anything. They just sit there, but ctrl-C
does successfully kill them. "route -n" works, and nothing unusual is
there; pinging 127.0.0.1 or the machine's own IP address works fine.
Any ideas on what might be wrong? I haven't tried sniffing yet, will
that help and how can I do that?
Thanks,
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