Re: Enabling the Intel 82562ET Nic


btw, i've tried manually assigning an ip address without success...

[suse]: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.111 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
[suse]: route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0


greg


Greg Tracy wrote:

I've been struggling through a new Suse 10.1 install. Actually, everything has gone well accept for my network configuration.

I'm running the following...

NIC: "HP 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM)
Kernel: 2.6.16.13-4

During the standard YaST install procedure, the card is detected, and seemingly correctly configures the module name to e100. I have it configured to use DHCP to acquire an address. However, during the internet connection test, it fails to get out (no IP address is obtained). The log displayed during this workflow says,

"DHCP client is already running on eth0"

1. After completing the installation, the card does appear to be working partially. The loopback interface is up and I can ping localhost.

2. /var/log/messages has the following repeatedly...

"ifstatus-dhcp : eth0 dhcpd is still waiting for data
** this seems to be at odds with the log message during the internet test, no?

3. dmesg produces the following during boot up...

"e100 : eth0 : e100_probe : addr 0xcfffe000, irq 209, MAC addr 00:17:31:A5:40:9E"
** no errors

4. lsmod lists the following for the e100 module...

"mii 5120 1 e100"
** what is mii? is this another interface that is stealing access?

I tried running 'modprobe e100', and then the lsmod lists both...

"e100 32264 0"
"mii 5120 1 e100"

5. i've tried adding an alias to the /etc/modprobe.conf file...

"alias eth0 e100" with no success.

6. i've tried using the eepro100 driver, but in that case, ifconfig won't even find the eth0 interface.

7. there are no limitations (mac filtering, dhcp client limitations, etc.) in my linksys router configuration that would explain the lack of an IP address being served up.


This has been frustrating. Google tells me that others have struggled with this problem using this network chipset, but there really is no record of resolutions. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Greg
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