I have a very similar setup. I have a Cyrix 6x86 P-150, 32 MB and 2 rtl8139 (Allied Telesyn AT-2500) NIC's. Mine is working OK now. I did have a problem initially that is similar to yours. The link on eth1 would light up and drop dead just like yours. It turned out that the cable I was using (made by one of my students) had a pair of wires crossed. Meaning the pair on 3 & 6 went from pin 3 on one end to pin 6 on the other end, and pin 6 to 3. Although this cable had been working for years on my old Eigerstein box with the same NIC's, when I switched to Dachstein (I think I'm still on 1.01) trouble started. I brought home a cable tester from school and found the problem. After I rewired it, that box has been up for upwards of a month. Best of luck and happy holidays. Rich Burt
>FROM: Jeff Clark > > >DATE: 08/09/2000 17:53:54 > > >SUBJECT: [LRP] prob`s with dual rtl8139 cards > I`m attempting to help a friend set up an LRP box but am having great >difficulties with the rtl8139 cards he`s using. > He`s running a Cyrix 686-90mhz w/ 64Mb and 2 rtl8139 based PCI cards. > He`s set BIOS PNP/PCI settings to NonPNP OS, auto configure resources, >and >has performed and ECSD update. >He`s running the Eiger Dynamic image from Charles` site. >He has downloaded and added the rtl8139 module from Charle`s site >(v1.07) > Here`s the problem: when the LRP reaches the rtl8139 modules during boot >up, >the link light on both cards goes out and stays out. The console shows >the >module finding both cards cleanly - good i/o`s and irq`s. The system >boots >up all the way and attempts to to obtain a lease from the DHCP server at >@home with no luck. > He`s tried connecting either of the the cards to a hub and the hub`s >link >light is on while the card`s is off. >He can ping successfully from an NT box to eth1 but can`t ping from the >LRP >to the NT box over eth1. > The only way to get the link lights back on is to hard reset the box. >Any suggestions? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
