You are correct in assuming that your cable modem is 10BASET. I only wish I
could get mine working on my machine.
Good luck!
----- Original Message -----
From: Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 1999 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] NIC Problems
> On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Wass wrote:
> | Hello Fellow Mandrake Fans,
> |
> | I'm running into a problem trying to set up my linux-based
> | proxy. Basically, my NIC cannot see the cable modem, or vice versa.
> | Read on for more details.
> |
> | I've got a cable-modem, which I've successfully used with linux
> | for several months now, with a Acer card (compatible with Via-Rhine).
> | After getting a new computer, some NIC's, and an 8-port hub, I
decided
> | to try my hand at setting up a LAN.
> |
> | So, I've got two 3c905 "Boomerang" PCI cards in my proxy box.
> | Two weeks ago I decided to try setting up a proxy with OpenBSD, and
during
> | the install the NIC's were detected, and I'm fairly certain I had a
working
> | connection to the cable modem with one of the NIC's. However, I know
BSD
> | far far less than I know linux, so I decided to install Mandrake 6.1
on my
> | proxy instead (I've got mandrake on my other desktops, as well).
> |
> | My current desktop uses the Acer card to connect to the cable modem,
> | and this was set up during the Mandrake 6.1 install. It worked like
a charm
> | with the setup, and I didn't even have to think about any of the
settings.
> |
> | I then installed 6.1 on my proxy box, and had it disconnected from
> | the network, such that I could configure the tcp_wrappers and secure
other
> | things before connecting it. So I declined networking during the
install.
> | now, however, I've gone back to try to configure it, and am running
into
> | problems.
> |
> | I've gone through the dhcpcd mini-HOWTO to get things started.
> | This thing is very out of date! Are there any plans to add entries
for
> | Mandrake 6.x to it? I'd help out with his task, if I can get my box
running.
> |
> | Firstly, I set up my resolv.conf to mimic my desktop's resolv.conf,
> | with the automagically-determined name servers and other parameters.
I then
> | set up the network script to set ONBOOT and the protocol to DHCP.
However,
> | on reboot, the cable modem doesn't acknowledge the NIC trying to
establish
> | it's IP.
> |
> | I've connected the eth1 NIC to the hub, and if I try "dhcpcd eth1"
> | for kicks, I can see the packet LED's lighting up on the hub, so I
know
> | something must be working with the hardware. Even if I connect eth0
NIC
> | to the hub, and type "dhcpcd eth0", I still see the LED's. However,
these
> | cards are 100baseT, and I believe the hub is as well. But I think
the cable
> | modem is only 10baseT. Using dmesg, I get:
> | "eth0: 3Com 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at 0x6100, "blah blah. The MAC
> | address is listed there for both cards, so linux can see the
hardware.
> | What worries me is that "100baseTx" segment, could this be the
problem?
> |
> | It alludes to this possibility in the dhcpcd mini-howto, but
> | says that if the card is set to 100baseT, just change that setting.
there
> | is no detail/info about how to go about this.
> |
> | I searched through the archives here, and found one message
> | previously, but with no followups, that described setting options in
the
> | /etc/conf.modules file to set the speeds of the card. I've glanced
through
> | the C code for the driver, but cannot find any documentation of these
> | options, where is this stuff documented?
> |
> | I've also played around with various module commands. Trying
> | "insmod 3c90x" I get an error: "3c90x.o: init_module: Device or
resource busy"
> | Why could this be? ANd I've seen vague implications that I may also
> | need to include the 3c59x module, is this true too?
> |
> | I'm not sure how to fix this. One solution may be to re-install
> | mandrake and setup the NIC during the install, but I'd like to know
what
> | the installer is doing here behind my back, such that I can configure
this
> | myself, too.
> |
> | Thanks to any help that can be offered!
> |
> | - Wass
>
> Please do not take this the wrong way, but it would seem to me that you
should
> look in the documentation which came with the NICs to find out how to
change
> the speed setting, not in the Linux documentation.
>
> HTH,
>
> Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
