Re: Problems Farallon Fast Ether TX-10/100 (DEC 21143)
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> Jeff Blaufuss wrote:
> >
> > Andrew Sharp wrote:
> > >
> > > Jeff Blaufuss wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I recently installed Debian 2.2 on my Powermac 4400, everything seems to
> > > > have installed fine, but my ethernet card (a Farallon Fast Ether
> > > > TX-10/100) won't work.
> > > >
> > > > Linux recognizes and configures it, but the link light won't even turn
> > > > on. Is this card supported? Has anyone found a way to work around this
> > > > problem?
> > > >
> > > > Here's what I know:
> > > > It uses a DEC 21143 chip
> > > > In NetBSD it uses the de driver
> > > > The link light never turns on in Linux, it doesn't turn on in MacOS
> > > > until the computer is fully booted.
> > > > I have a PowerMac 4400
> > > > I'm running the 2.2.19 kernel
> > > > lspci says: 00.0d.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation
> > > > DECchip 21142/43 (rev 30)
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Did you load the tulip driver?
> > >
> > > # modprobe tulip
> >
> > I ran "modprobe tulip" and it gave me this:
> > modprobe: Can't locate module tulip
> > >
> > > You said "linux recognizes and configures it" what did you mean by
> > > that? what IP address did you give it? What does ifconfig say?
> > >
> > It gets recognized in the boot messages, and ifconfig seems have gotten
> > the info I gave during installation.
> >
> > This is ifconfig's output (there may be typos):
> > #ifconfig
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:C5:50:F0:F8
> > inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric: 1
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> > Interrupt:24 Base address:0x400
> > lo
> > <snip>
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> Maybe it's your cable or hub/switch?
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Not it's not the cable or hub. They both work in other OSes.
>What happens when you ping other hosts?
Nothing. No packets come in, and none go out.
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