mandrake 10.0 - linksys eth nic detected - wont connect 2 net

[keyshawn]

hey,

i just upgraded from mdk9.2 to 10.0.
no probs, except my nic.
I'm using a linksys 10/100 nic, via my eth1; its a single comp, on my cable modem. [btw, which is dhcp; aka my ip isnt static - it changes every 6 months or so]

10.0 detects my card and my driver, tulip, but still i cant connect to the the internet.

when i tried to ping google.com; i came with this result:
unknown host google.com
[i'll ping an ip addy later - read on]

It seems to be something specific with 10.0, as i didnt change anything, hardware-wise before/after the upgrade, and my nic is automatically detected and connects me to the internet during the bootup using knoppix 3.3 and in windows xp pro.

Also, i check my services; and i have the services network, internet, iptables all started up during boot. [though i noticed routed wasn't started, but what i've read, it doesnt seem that essential]

PS - Sry, if its not enough info, im doing all this from memory, right now im @ engineering camp [with t1 access, hoorah] but will be back at home in about 5 hrs, i'll post ifconfig and any other info that i forgot then...

thanks in advance for your time and help,
keyshawn

[ps - thanks to those in #justlinux and #mandrake for helping already]

[camelrider]

If you have only the one NIC it is usually eth0 rather than eth1.
(Just a thought)

[JohnT]

Your right this is a problem with MDK 10.....search the boards here as this has been solved for some. Run the lsmod command after booting and see if your card module is loaded.

[mmills]

solved for some, still trying to figure out my issue, i am about to say goodbye to mandrake, not sure which distro to turn to tho, dont like suse, andslack is out of my league.....

[JohnT]

slack is out of my league..... Only if you think so. It wouldn't take you any longer to set up than what its taking you now with Mandrake. There's plenty of Slack help here. :D

[keyshawn]

hey,
thanks for the help, everyone. This issue doesn't sound too easy, but hopefully it will get solved.
here's some info that i have [had to burn a data cd of it in a txt file, since i had no other way to transfer it from linux to windows]

================================

/lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk/kernel/drivers/net/tulip
tulip is in it.

/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices
folder is empty

/etc/resolve.conf
didnt exist

my 'host.conf'
order hosts,bind
multi on


[info on my eth1 card]
[i realize its not on eth0, as my comp came with a 3com card, but i decided to use my linksys instead, and it worked flawlessly on 9.2 and never looked back]

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=""
NEEDHOSTNAME=no

/etc/sysconfig/networking
has a file ifcfg-lo

[also in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/]
has in it:
DEVICE=lo
IPADDR=127.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=127.0.0.0
# If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian,
# you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)
BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
NAME=loopback

btw, i also tried to ping an ip and it said "connect:network is unreachable"

I've did some research on irc and google, couldnt find anything yet.

[DSwain]

What's the exact card? Maybe there is a special driver you can get off the Linksys site for it, or maybe it uses a more stock-like chipset (like the RTL8139)

[keyshawn]

Originally posted by DSwain
What's the exact card? Maybe there is a special driver you can get off the Linksys site for it, or maybe it uses a more stock-like chipset (like the RTL8139)

its an ADMtek/ADM983 Linksys ethernet 10/100 card. - model LNE100TX ver. 5.1

I'll try out the site, though i dont see why i need new drivers if mdk 9.2 and knoppix 3.3 didnt need them :confused:

[DSwain]

That is true, I don't know why you would either it was just an idea I figured you might wish to try and see what happens.

[keyshawn]

well, i checked the linksys site, and it said just to use the 'tulip' driver, which im already have been using....

http://www.linksys.com/support/support.asp?spid=25

still a little lost.

thanks,
keyshawn

[keyshawn]

*bashfully bumps post*

after doing lnsmod, i figured out i already have tulip installed...but something still isn't right..

can anyone help ?

thanks,
keyshawn

[JohnT]

Post the results of the command lsmod

[keyshawn]

well, i know my driver for it is tulip, so i'll just put down that line from there.


tulip 4248 0

[JohnT]

What cable service are you using and name of modem.

[keyshawn]

i have a com21 cable modem [CAT5 cable connects my modem to my ethernet NIC] and subscribe to adelphia's cable service.