Re: Realtek rtl8139 nic and 2.4.20 kernel
Uwe Dippel wrote:
> > unix
> > af_packet
> > 8139too
>
> module is here, good ! (Does it need mii, maybe someone could help if
> necessary !?)
[...]
> eth0 doesn't have an address, just as I thought. And hasn't passed a
> single packet so far.
>
> Let's try giving it an address: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.200
>
> But even if not, you can then always
>
> ping 192.168.1.200
I first ran these tests under my 2.2 kernel (where the network card is
working), and then ran them under the 2.4 kernel, where it isn't
working. Here is what I got:
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(with 2.2.20 kernel: network connection functioning)
debian:/home/chuck# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:F5:1F:3B:BA
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:1240 (1.2 KiB) TX bytes:684 (684.0 b)
Interrupt:11
debian:/home/chuck# ping 192.168.1.3
PING 192.168.1.3 (192.168.1.3): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=7 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=8 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=9 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
--------------------------------------------
(under 2.4.18 kernel: no connection)
debian:/home/chuck# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:F5:1F:3B:BA
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 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x2000
debian:/home/chuck# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.3 {nothing happens}
debian:/home/chuck# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.255 {nothing happens}
debian:/home/chuck# ping 192.168.1.3
PING 192.168.1.3 (192.168.1.3): 56 data bytes {stops here}
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Thanks again,
Chuck
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Charles Muller
Toyo Gakuen University
Faculty of Humanities
1660 Hiregasaki, Nagareyama-shi
Chiba 270-0161, JAPAN
Web Resources for East Asian Language and Thought
http://www.acmuller.net
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