-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 05:10, Derek Jennings wrote: > > 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' ? > One other question. Are you certain it is not working? I ask this because on some boxes there has been that failure notice on boot, but if the network has been set up properly it can actually be used. This appears to be a timing problem, in that the module had not loaded at the time that boot checks it. For those boxes the failure notice can be ignored.
Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCFG1ukFAvMr/nNX8RAhekAJwISZrs8kmjt3vNWZcMs5Hgf6S28wCbBalx JgjOJv/fuhJ8z8FY+XZfX/w= =cwJR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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