[linux-help] Re: Connecting Roadrunner to Linux

[bert <bert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

whoops -- forgot to say to 

ifconfig eth0 up

after you modprobe modname

like

8:15:27/~$ sudo ifconfig eth0 up
18:15:51/~$ ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          Collisions:0 

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr C0:00:4F:55:CC:C8  
          unspec addr:[NONE SET]  Bcast:[NONE SET]  Mask:[NONE SET]
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          Collisions:0 
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x250 



On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, bert wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Matt Alexander wrote:
> 
> > first, you have know if your nic card is installed.
> >     Yes, it is installed, but I don't know if it is working
> >     correctly
> 
> ok, i should have installed AND working.
> 
> > 3Com EtherlinkIII      ISA
> 
> so let's say it's installed -- sort of.
> 
> do you know which module this card requires?
> a popular 3Com mod is 3c509 -- if you look at 
> dmesg (type dmesg on command line) do you see
> the card installed?
> if you don't and you modprobe modname (modprobe 3c509),
> do you see the nic card in dmesg then?
> it might look something like this
> --clip--
> eth0: 3c509 at 0x250 tag 1, 10baseT port, address  06 c0 4c c6 aa f8, IRQ
> 10.
> 3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98 becker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
> eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
> --clip--
> > When I ran ifconfig I got 
> > lo  Link encap: Local Loopback
> >     inet addr: 127.0.0.1  Mask: 255.0.0.0
> >     UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU: 3924  Metric: 1
> >     RX packets: 18 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0
> >     TX packets: 18 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0
> >     collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 0
> 
> if you modprobe modname and don't start the dhcpcd, you should
> also be able to see the card thru the ifconfig command.
> 
> good luck, bert
> 
> 
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