Re: Realtek8139 problem under SuSE 9.2

atreyu wrote:
> Hi,
> after installing network cards REALTEK 8139 on two PCs under
> SuSE 9.2 with the OS detecting both adapters correctly I
> cannot even connect one PC to the other by *ping* command.
> I use fixed local IP addresses, hardware connection directly
> (without switch resp. hub),
> Pinging in either direction from WinXP partition to WinXP
> partition on the same machines does not cause any problems.
> Is there anything known about driver problems ?
> May somebody help me ?
> Thanks so far,
> atreyu.

There should be no problem with the 8139 driver.

Check if the lights at the backside of the cards are blinking while
pinging. If so, make sure the firewall is temporarily disabled and try
again.

If these steps do not help, post output of "/sbin/ifconfig" and "lspci
-v" of both systems.

Eric
.

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