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<DIV><FONT size=2><BR><FONT size=3>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Jake
Edge" <</FONT><A href="mailto:jake@edge2.net"><FONT
size=3>jake@edge2.net</FONT></A><FONT size=3>><BR>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:nclug@nclug.org"><FONT size=3>nclug@nclug.org</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>>; <</FONT><A href="mailto:siveakey@attbi.com"><FONT
size=3>siveakey@attbi.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3>><BR>Sent: Wednesday, July
10, 2002 9:20 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [NCLUG] Help needed getting networking running
in Debian<BR><BR><BR>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 08:54:10PM -0600, Sivea Key
wrote:<BR>><BR>> > > > Box 2 works to a point after reboot. I can
run ifconfig eth0 up<BR>without<BR>> > > > error but lynx says
"Alert!: Unable to cnnect to remote host. . .<BR>.lynx:<BR>> > > >
Can't access startfile </FONT><A href="http://www.excite.com/"><FONT
size=3>http://www.excite.com/</FONT></A><FONT size=3>" and the PING of
the<BR>> > router<BR>> > > > seems to hang after saying "PING
192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data<BR>> > bytes".<BR>> > > >
(That machine is a PentPro 200, BTW.)<BR>> > ><BR>> > > This
looks odd ... it would appear that box 2 and the router both have<BR>the<BR>>
> > IP address of 192.168.1.1 (or the router is resolving, via DNS
or<BR>> > /etc/hosts,<BR>> > > possibly incorrectly, to that
address ...<BR>> ><BR>> > when I ifconfig -a the settings are listed
correctly for lo and eth0.<BR>> > I did write a line "192.168.1.1
router" in /etc/hosts. Could that be a<BR>> > problem? I don't have a DNS
server for the LAN yet and the router is<BR>just<BR>> > "NAT"-ing and
router for the cable modem. The Macs and Windows boxes are<BR>> > working
fine and have all along so it's not IN the router that the<BR>problem<BR>>
> lies. I wish I knew enough to set up dhcp for the 3 Debian
boxes!<BR>><BR>> Hmm, dunno too much about Debian (yet! I am working
on an install on a<BR>box<BR>> as I type this), but I may have misunderstood
the ping output you had in<BR>> your first message ... so, the router is 1.1
and the windoze/mac boxes<BR>> can ping that (and/or use it as a
gateway)? What is the IP of box 2?<BR>> I think your entry in
/etc/hosts is just fine. Can you attach the output<BR>> of
ifconfig? Can you 'ping localhost' successfully?<BR><BR>Sorry, it's a bit
inconvenient to attach things since I haven't set up mail<BR>on any Debian box,
only on Windoze and Mac so I typed it below for Box 2.<BR>I ran ifconfig
-a:<BR>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:[etc--you get the
idea]<BR> inet
addr:192.168.1.116 Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0<BR>
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500
Metric:1<BR>
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overrruns:0
frame:0<BR> TX
packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0<BR>
collisions:0
txqeuelen:100<BR>
Interrupt:10 Base
address:0x300<BR><BR>lo Link
encap:Local
Loopback<BR>
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask
255.0.0.0<BR>
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924
Metric:1<BR>
RX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overrruns:0
frame:0<BR> TX
packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0<BR>
collisions:0 txqeuelen:100<BR><BR>All the boxes are set to static addresses (Box
1 192.168.1.115, Box 2<BR>192.168.1.116 and Box 3 192.168.1.114). And I wrote
lines for each Debian<BR>host and the router in /etc/hosts. All of the
Mac/Wintel machines can fully<BR>use the cable internet access via the Linksys
router AND 2 of the Debian<BR>boxes were running Lynx and a distributed
application before I shut them<BR>down and rebooted (my friend had tinkered with
them after install to get<BR>them running). No problem pinging localhost on Box
2 or Box 1, BTW.<BR><BR>****OOPS!!! I just uncovered a hub problem. Changed
cables for a more direct<BR>route and, voila, Box 2 is running. That hub is not
cooperating! Will bypass<BR>it for now.<BR><BR>><BR>> > > It sounds
like the driver for the NIC card is not getting loaded ...<BR>what<BR>> >
> NIC is it? If it is the same as Box 1, do 'lsmod' as root and see
if<BR>> > there<BR>> > > is a 'tulip.o' listed ...<BR>>
><BR>> > This has the same, or nearly the same, nic as Box 2. If I do
find the<BR>3c509<BR>> > listed in lsmod, should I do something with it?
Or is it that I should<BR>do<BR>> > something if it's NOT
listed?<BR>><BR>> Is the NIC in Box 3 a 3c509? Does box2 have 3c509
listed in lsmod?<BR><BR>Box 3 has a Netgear FA310TX and a completely different
(and more modern)<BR>hardware configuration. lsmod on Box 2 lists 3c509 used by
1. Okay Box 2 is<BR>working!! Box 3, which is very similar in hardware config to
Box 2 does not<BR>list any enet module! Now what? Both Box 2 and 3 have ISA
3c509 nics.</FONT><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>