On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Alex V Flinsch wrote:
> I just got a home lan set up (sort of anyway)
> Everything works fine when all boxes are running under win98.
> However when both machines are running different os's (Linux/WIn98 or
> Win98/Linux) combos (both are dual boot), neither machine can ping the other.
>
> I read the ethernet howto and I think I am more confused than when I started.
>
> All I want to do (for now) is get the 2 boxes to be able to ping one another.
> This is the setup so far
>
> Machine 1 - windows1 ip address of 192.168.1.1
> Machine 2 - linux1 ip address of 192.168.1.1
>
> Everything is connected together with the "SOHOWare 10/100 Network Starter Kit"
> (picked up at a computer flea market for $45. It says Linux is supported on the
> box, and includes the tulip driver). And the card seems to be recoginized while
> booting.
>
> I have included a few files/messages along with this post. I might be just
> looking in the wrong place as it's been one heck of a crazy day.
>
> The only thing I can think of is that I need to do something special to
> configure the hub. If so, where can I find the information?
>
>
> /etc/hosts
> 192.168.1.2 localhost.localdomain linux1
> 192.168.1.1 windows1 upstairs
> 192.168.1.2 linux1 basement
>
> /etc/conf/modules
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias sound sb
> pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1
> options opl3 io=0x388
> alias midi awe_wave
> post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
> options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
> alias eth0 tulip
> options tulip options=0 debug=6
>
> demsg sez
[snip]
> Found Macronix 98715 PMAC at I/O 0xe400.
> tulip.c:v0.89H 5/23/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> eth0: Macronix 98715 PMAC at 0xe400, 00 80 c6 f8 94 97, IRQ 11.
> read_eeprom:
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 8000 f8c6 9794 0000 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0014 0000 0000 0300 0000 0531 10d9 fa1c
> PCI latency timer (CFLT) is 0x40, PCI command is 0087.
> eth0: tulip_open() irq 11.
> eth0: No media description table, assuming 100baseTx transceiver, CSR12 40a1d0cc
> ..
> eth0: Done tulip_open(), CSR0 fff84800, CSR5 e4520000 CSR6 38602002.
> eth0: interrupt csr5=0xe4570001 new csr5=0xe4560000.
> eth0: interrupt csr5=0xe4170005 new csr5=0xe4670004.
> eth0: interrupt csr5=0xe4670004 new csr5=0xe4660000.
> eth0: interrupt csr5=0xe4660000 new csr5=0xe4660000.
> eth0: exiting interrupt, csr5=0xe4660000.
> eth0: interrupt csr5=0xe4670005 new csr5=0xe4660000.
> eth0: interrupt csr5=0xe4660000 new csr5=0xe4660000.
> eth0: exiting interrupt, csr5=0xe4660000.
> eth0: interrupt csr5=0xe4670005 new csr5=0xe4660000.
> eth0: interrupt csr5=0xe4660000 new csr5=0xe4660000.
> eth0: exiting interrupt, csr5=0xe4660000.
Update your tulip driver to v0.91, and it will work just peachy with that
card. (didn't we just go over these soho cards last week?)
