On Thursday 17 February 2005 03:59, Michael Hahn wrote: > First, thanks for the advice about how to get a shell instead of a KDE > session. Worked like a charm. > > Second, the box I'm planning to use as a server is a HP pavilion 503n, > which has a RTL8139 Nic included in the motherboard. I've been trying to > get the machine up on the network, but each time I boot up, the eth0 check > comes up failed. After some searching, I found that I'm not the only one > who has had problems with this particular nic chipset. The search finally > lead me to this page: http://www.scyld.com/rtl8139.html, however, I'm not > sure about using those drivers, as they specify that they are good up > through the 2.4 kernel. Does anyone know how to get this nic to work?
That NIC is very common and usually "just works". Before you start worrying about drivers you should check out some of the more obvious causes of network problems. 1/ In MandrakeControlCentre>Networl>ManageConnections is the interface static or DHCP? If you have selected DHCP you must have a DHCP server on your network. How is your interface connected? 2/ If you select the 'Options' Tab on the same page, try unselecting 'Network Hotplugging' Network Hotplugging will automatically enable/disable interfaces when the plug is inserted/removed. Some devices get confused when hotplugging is enabled and contantly toggle up/down. 3/ A few devices fail to auto detect half/full duplex. To determine if you might have this problem open a terminal window, enter 'su' to become root user and enter 'ifconfig eth0' what do you see? What happens if you type 'service network restart' ? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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