Re: Ethernet card problem
Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> writes:
> My debian pc with on-board 82559 intel ethernet board stopped
> talking. I can ping localhost, but the windows pc sees the cable
> from it as 'dead'. I checked all relevant files and ifconfig and
> netstat, and it was all normal, except for a few packet over-runs.
If it just started happening all of a sudden, what significant event
occurred prior to it not working?
> Any way, i put in another pci card which was detected as realtek
> 8139B, and i changed all the relevant files from eth0 to eth1,
> and checked with ifconfig and netstat and ping localhost.
> (Hint: i think /etc/network/interfaces is translated to
> /etc/init.d/network)
>
> Anyway the other windows pc sees the link as 'alive', but
> i can't get any packets. Pinging from the debian pc doesn't
> work either (ping stalls). What else can i check? (i've checked
> the cable). Is there a way to disable the mainboard ethernet hardware?
It maybe a routing issue. Is eth0 down according to netstat?
Does your BIOS allow you to turn off the on-board ethernet?
What are you seeing with tcpdump?
Elizabeth
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