Networking probs, ifconfig?
Hello,
Still working my way around debian (I have 1.93R6).
What I cannot yet do is to network with an existing Sun Network. What
I currently can see (dmesg) is:
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Console: colour EGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63)
Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 7.69 BogoMips
Serial driver version 4.11 with no serial options enabled
tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver installed.
ftape: allocated 3 buffers aligned at: 00220000
hda: st3144AT, 124MB w/32KB Cache, CHS=1001/15/17
ide0: primary interface on irq 14
mcd=0x300,10: Init failed. No mcd device at 0x300 irq 10
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.2M
FDC 0 is a 8272A
eata_dma: No BIOS32 extensions present. This driver still depends on it.
Skipping scan for PCI HBAs.
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
Memory: 6540k/8192k available (900k kernel code, 384k reserved, 368k data)
Swansea University Computer Society NET3.019
Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.019
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok.
Linux version 1.2.13 (root@beagle.pixar.com) (gcc version 2.6.3) #2 Sat Nov 4 12:43:34 PST 1995
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
loading device 'eth0'...
CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation)
PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc.
PPP line discipline registered.
SLIP: version 0.8.3-NET3.019-NEWTTY-MODULAR (4 channels) (6 bit encapsulation enabled)
lp1 at 0x0378, using polling driver
Adding Swap: 16432k swap-space
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I am not sure if my ethernet module is loading correctly. All I see is:
"loading device 'eth0'..."
Is it supposed to give the ethernet card number as well?
Also, When I do "ifconfig eth0", I get:
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eth0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
unspec addr:[NONE SET] Bcast:[NONE SET] Mask:[NONE SET]
[NO FLAGS] MTU:0 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x280
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I do not understand this. I expect the ethernet addr would have been
the "HWaddr"
Does it also mean that the network masks and things are not correct?
They have been set in /etc/networks/netmasks
Does this mean that my ethernet card is not configured correctly? It's
a 3com card.
Is there a FM where I can read about systematically testing the various
networking interfaces?
I am used to SunOS networking, and I have noticed a few differences
between Linux and SunOS, such as /etc/hostname.eth0, etc,
Or can someone give me some ready pointers to files that should
have different bits of info (e.g. /etc/ethers, etc/hosts, etc, etc)
I cannot ping anywhere, by name or number, far less telnet.
I have tried all my SunOS tricks, but they don't seem to work...
I just noticed Ricardo's email:
]I've just installed the base (5 disk install) plus the netbase and netstd
]packages. The setup is all A-OK. :) I can ping my main server fine, and
]vice versa. Now I tried telnetting from my other machine into the
I wish I was getting this far!
Help. Derryck
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