Basic Ethernet Lan Question.

[freqdoc]

Hello gents,

My problem is this, I cannot ping other hosts from my linux box over my lan. This is the first time for me trying this. My ethernet card is detected with driver installed. My cables are plugged in, etc etc. I can ping the IP of the card it self. This is also a win98 computer and the card works on the lan that way. can someone post what the important network files should look like for just a basic lan (no inet connection) setup. Thanx in advance fellas.

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[napoleon]

I did encountered this when I shifted from 10Base to 10/100Base LAN card. I could not solve also this problem so I reverted back to 10Base.

Try "ifconfig" command (as root) and you will see your eth0 device. If your LAN card is working properly there should be a value on TX/RX packets otherwise we both have the same problem.

Anyone out there who can help us.

[The Whizzard]

I've had a similar problem. My (SMC 1211TX - RTL-8139 based) 10/100 NIC can automaticaly change between 10/100 in Windows. But didn't like to in linux(probably driver related). So I took the floppy that came with it, ran the setup program, and manually set the speed to 100. Another problem I ran into, if you have a half-duplex hub, set your NIC to half-duplex(mixing duplex works in windows, but not in linux, also the possibility of being driver related). The mixing of duplex using a N-way auto sensing hub/switch works fine.

[freqdoc]

THANX!! Locking the speed and setting to half-duplex was the trick. I've looked through countless how-to's and this was never mentioned once. How did you figure this out? Thanx Again. :cool: null

[The Whizzard]

Originally posted by freqdoc:
THANX!! Locking the speed and setting to half-duplex was the trick. I've looked through countless how-to's and this was never mentioned once. How did you figure this out? Thanx Again. :cool: null

It took a few days of hair-pulling...lol
Glad it worked for you.