"Carl" <moc.erawtfosdigir@treblig_tnomal> wrote in message
news:3FFC7A04.5060209@treblig_tnomal...
>
>
> Geoff wrote:
> > This posting is a rewrite of a preveous posting, but with more
> > readable information allong with some new information.
> >
> > I am trying to get a 3Com Etherlink III (3C509B) ethernet card
> > running on RedHat 9.0 but cannot seem to get it working.
> >
> > Setup:
> > WAN
> > |
> > 3Com <--> Router <--> Other PC
> >
> > If I set the card up to DHCP it's addres from the router the bring up
fails,
> > so I switched to a static IP, then it "comes up fine" (no error),
however I
> > cannot ping into or out of the card.
> > I can ping my system from itself (ie local host, or via it's static IP)
> >
>
> thats likely the loopback interface or lo. whats in your hosts file?
> have you tried pinging this system from another system?
>
> the "bring up" won't work if DHCP does not hand out an address. So
> bring up actually means, has address in this case.

I know that the DHCP does work (as a network install gets an IP (as
mentionned below)

Hosts file just has the localhost in it. :
---------------------------------------------------------------
127.0.0.1 localhost.locadomain localhost
---------------------------------------------------------------

>
>
> > There are lights on on the ethernet card and the link/activity light on
the
> > router is flashing
> >
> > The cable/card is fine (as it will DHCP fine if I boot the network
install
> > disk
> > (It get's an IP addres..), it just doesn't work correctly if I boot off
the
> > normal boot floppy (my GRUB is also messed up...))
> >
> > I have read that there may be some problems with this card, but I'm not
sure
> > where to look to determine what/how to fix (I'm new to this portion of
> > linux). (how do I figure out what driver I have etc?)
> >
>
> looks like the card is fine, just your config is messed up. i would not
> look for the card to be the issue from what you have said.
>
> >
> > Output of "ping 172.16.37.15" (PC connected to router)
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > PING 172.16.37.15 (172.16.37.15) 56(84) bytes of data
> > From 172.16.37.20 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
> > From 172.16.37.20 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
> > From 172.16.37.20 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
> > From 172.16.37.20 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
> > From 172.16.37.20 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
> > From 172.16.37.20 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
> > From 172.16.37.20 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable
> > From 172.16.37.20 icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable
> > From 172.16.37.20 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable
> > CNTRL-C
> > ---- 172.16.37.15 ping statistics ---
> > 12 packets transmitted , 0 received, +9 errorrs, 100% packet loss,
> > time 11077ms, pipe 3
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Output of ifconfig -a eth0 has the following :
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr: 00:50:DA:01:CE:36
> > inet addr:172.16.37.20 Bcast:172.16.37.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> > Rx bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:822 (822.0 b)
> > Interrupt: 5 Basse address:0x220
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
>
> strange, this computer is connected directly to the router? does not
> look like the router wants to talk to it as data is going out, likely
> your pings, but not allowed in. is that Mask correct for the ip
> address? is this the same data you get when you start it the other way
> you said that works? same ip and mask?
>
>
> >
> > Contents of /proc/interrupts: (just line 5 and last 2)
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > 5: 0 XT-PIC eth0
> > NNT: 0
> > ERR: 0
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > The value for line 5 (eth0) never changes, before/after a ping etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > netstat -r gives the following :
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window
irtt
> > Iface
> > 172.16.37.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> > eth0
> > 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0
> > eth0
> > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
> > lo
> > default 172.16.37.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
> > eth0
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > I have no clue why 169 is there... I did remove it after a previous
install
> > with no differences
> >
>
> mine has the 169 so thats ok. netstat looks good.
>
>
>
> >
> > /sbin/iptables -L gives the following :
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> > target prot opt source destination
> >
> > Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
> > target prot opt source destination
> >
> > Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> > target prot opt source destination
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> whats in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0

Contents of /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 :
---------------------------------------------------------------
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Ethernet
IPADDR=172.16.37.20
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=172.16.37.254
NETWORK=172.16.37.0
BROADCAST==172.16.37.255
---------------------------------------------------------------