Re: Enabling the Intel 82562ET Nic

Tauno Voipio wrote:
Greg Tracy wrote:
Tauno Voipio wrote:

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.


This *does not* prove anything about the NIC - the IP stack
is smart enough to route accesses to *any* of the local IP
addresses via the loopback interface.


I've since learned that the loopback works even without a NIC card physically present...

Please verify the presence of the interface with

ifconfig -a


I'd print it here if it were easy, but you'll have to trust me that the interface is present.

This means that the driver is probably OK, let's bark
at other trees in the meantime.

Do the cable link LEDs light at the NIC and the box at
the other end?


No lights at the other end of the tunnel....

If there are link LEDs which do not light, you do have
cabling problems. Maybe you need a crossed Ethernet cable
instead of the straight one.


I have been taking the same, physical cable and putting it in my windows box with success. I switch it back and forth to give my wife her email. :)

I have this cable running from the basement and into a wall jack. I will try moving the machine down to the router and using a new cable...

Greg
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