Re: Ethernet port dead
On Sunday 17 October 2010 01:40:44 Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net> writes:
> > On Saturday 16 October 2010 10:57:30 Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> >> Morgan Gangwere <0.fractalus@gmail.com> writes:
> >> > "dmesg | grep eth" gives the folloing output:
> >> >
> >> > eth1394: eth0: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0)
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <> wrote:
> >> >> But... what kind of device is that? Are you using an adapter
> >> >> (firewire to ethernet)? :-?
> >> >
> >> > the 1394 standard says that a computer which supports 1394 must also
> >> > support "1394 networking". Short end of it, if you need to move some
> >> > data between two 1394 capable computers, you use that. They act like
> >> > normal, everyday, nondescript ether ports in software, no less.
> >>
> >> But eth0 is not the device I'm using: the device I'm using as an
> >> ethernet port is eth1, but it doesn't appear in dmesg nor in lspci
> >> output: this is /etc/network/interfaces:
> >>
> >> auto lo
> >> iface lo inet loopback
> >>
> >> auto eth1
> >> allow-hotplug eth1
> >> iface eth1 inet static
> >> address 192.168.0.1
> >> netmask 255.255.255.0
> >>
> >>
> >> Rodolfo
> >
> > If lspci does't find your ethernet controller it probably died, that
> > happens. AFAIK lspci finds functioning hardware on the pci bus whether or
> > not modules for devices are installed.
> >
> > On a laptop, options are usb>ethernet or a pcmcia card if available.
>
> If I can solve the proble with a simple usb-ethernet adapter, it's not much
> too bad. How shall I configure the system with it? The same way as the
> ethernet port, via the file /etc/network/interfaces?
One thing to be absolutely sure about is that the device is on a hardware
compatibility list (hcl) or has positive Linux reviews.. I don't use such devices
but in my experience, a device needs to be shown to work reliably with a kernel
version, by more than one person, hence the hcl. I also like to shop (online) for
products where customers can review products, looking for Linux users.
Time spent on compatibility is far shorter than time trying to get some device
with a unknown chipset working.
> Morgan Gangwere <0.fractalus@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:30:24 +0200 Rodolfo Medina <> wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > Had any electrical storms? Switches that have been acting up? New
> > carpeting? Power outages? Brownouts? Etc?
> >
> >
> > Sounds like the device is busted, frankly.
>
> Nothing of all that. The computer is 5 years old, maybe this?
>
> Thanks
> Rodolfo
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