When on Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Jim Ray wrote, I replied:
root@rjw# cat /etc/network/interfaces
iface eth0 inet dhcp
hostname bellatlantic.net
> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:04:53 -0600
> From: Jim Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SLU] 3Com 3c905c
>
> What are the contents of /etc/network/interfaces?
>
> jim ray
> Lead System Engineer
> LinuxMall.com
>
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 04:44:09PM -0400, Ralph Winslow wrote:
>
> > I'm still unable to see my DSL modem via my ethernet card, a 3Com
> > 3c905c Etherlink PCI. I believe this is because my OS can't see
> > the card. I think the relevant part of dmesg is:
> >
> > 3c59x.c 16Aug00 Donald Becker and others http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
> > eth0: 3Com 3c905C Tornado at 0xdc00, 00:01:02:45:d2:f9, IRQ 5
> > 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
> > MII transceiver found at address 24, status 782d.
> > Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
> >
> > I have heard both that 3c59x.o will handle this card, and that I must use
> > use 3c90x.o as the kernel module. I have both, but lsmod shows that
> > 3c59x is loaded just after boot, and rmmod 3c59x reports:
> >
> > 3c59x: Device or resource busy
> >
> > so I'm not able to try the 3c90x module. Also ifconfig reports:
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:45:D2:F9
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> > Interrupt:5 Base address:0xdc00
> >
> > so maybe the card is fine and I need do domething to make pppoe start.
> > I've tried
> >
> > root@rjw# /etc/init.d/network start
> > SIOCADDRT: File exists
> > root@rjw# /etc/init.d/networking start
> > Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter.
> > Configuring network interfaces: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl4
> > Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
> > All rights reserved.
> >
> > Please contribute if you find this software useful.
> > For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
> >
> > ppp0: unknown hardware address type 512
> > ppp0: unknown hardware address type 512
> > socket: Protocol not available - make sure CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER are
>defined in your kernel configuration!
> > exiting.
> > done.
> >
> > I'm not sure what either message signifies, but the second looks discouraging.
> > Can anyone help? TIA
> >
> >
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