About the 2 macs and 1 linux on a LAN

[John F. Kohler]

ME wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, John F. Kohler wrote:
> > Model is KNE110TX
> > which has an instruction sheet for Linux installation.
>
> > There are 4 led indicators on the back of the ethernet adapter card, 3
> > of which are lighted when the CAT-5 cable is plugged in.
>
> What are the letters (if any) next to each of the lights?
>
> Examples include: Tx, Rx, Link, Powd/Pwr, Col/Collision
>
> Also, when you ping (or try to ping) the ip address assigned to the Linux
> box, does at least one of the lights on the ethernet card light up? (Rx?)
>
> > > http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html
>
> > When it ran  I saw displayed a "node address" similar to the MAC you described
> > earlier.
> > 00-C0-F0-5B-10-5D
>
> Yes, this is another name for MAC/NIC/Hardware/ Ethernet address...
>
> If the card has blinking lights, and the dos program can talk with it, at
> least we have progress, and it is unlikely that we have a bad physical
> link or card.
>
> After running through the installations procedure, could you do a dump of
> the following as root to this list: (Sorry to ask again)
>
> (Just to be explicit, the "#" character are to signify a root shell
> prompt, and are notr to be typed in as part of the command. You probably
> know this. I am just trying to be explicit.)
>
> # ifconfig eth0
>

I had to use /sbin/ifconfig eth0 and  tot the following:

eth0: error fetching interface information: device not found


>
> If it still gives an error, then we still need to look at the modules.
>
> Could you then give us the output of the following command:
>
> # lsmod
>

Tetter luck on this one:

Module                            Size                            Used by
parport_pc                        7464                            1  (autoclearn)
lp                                        5448                            1
(autoclean)
parport                                7580                            1
(autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
ppp                                    20268                            0
(autoclean)
slhc                                    4568                             0
(autoclean  [ppp]
lockd                            31592                                 1
(autoclean)
sunrpc                            53540                               1 (autoclean
) {lockd}

>
> Also output the following two commands here:
>
> # cat /proc/interrupts

                                    CPU 0
0:                            3672993            XT-PIC     timer
1:                              13086                XT-PIC     keyboard
2:                                  0                     XT-PIC    cascade
3:                            52267                    XT-PIC  serial
4:                            62638                    XT-PIC  serial
8:                                     1                    XT-PIC  rtc
13:                                    1                    XT-PIC fpu
14:                    396407                          XT-PIC ide0
NMI:                      0

>
> # cat /proc/ioports
>

0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f :pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : serial (auto)
0378-037a : parport0
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 :ide0
03f8-03ff : serial (auto)
3000-3007 : ide0
3008-300f : ide1



>
> # uname -a

Linux    jfkhost 2.2.14-5.0 #1 Tue Mar7 20:53:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown



>
>

>
> > I am not committed to the Kingston card just because it was free (left
> > at my house by DSL installers).  I am perfectly willing to purchase a
> > known successful ethernet card.  I have heard that one must check a
> > graphic card carefully since Linux must have a driver for a variety of
> > manufacturers, and in the graphics arena, new drivers are being written
> > constantly.
>
> It would be nice to use the Kingston card since you have it. There are
> others that probably have this working with linux too.
>
> When you run the DOS utility, does it tell you what IRQ and io port are in
> use by the card? Could you report these here too?
>  just irq =11
> With that utility, are you able to tell the card to not auto-detect media
> and speed? If so, tell it to use 10BaseT  (10 Megabits per second with
> RJ-45 modular jack connector) (This is just for testing. Once you have it
> working, then you can try faster speeds, or re-enable auto-detection.)
>

I need to play with the dos utility more.  Actually I was surprised I could run it
starting
from a windows floppy and placing the utility in the floppy drive.

John

>
> Is this your topology?
>
>                                          Linux Box
>                                           |
> DSL/PPP/Internet Access <==> Linksys <==> HUB <==> iMac
> ISDN/T1/DS?                   Router       |
>                                       Other Mac
>
> (Just want to make sure.)
>
> I the basic assumptions are correct, we are still hovering around
> driver/modules. It may just mean the removal of the modual, and
> re-insertion with the proper arguements/names set.