Re: [PLUG] NIC driver installation howto? (newbieish level help needed)

[Branimir Vasilic <vasilic@rad.upenn.edu>]

> Using static IPs (server boxes) and when I do an ifconfig eth0 everything
> looks right, and I can ping myself (I guess the loopback interface works
> fine, right?) but can't be pinged or ping the router or other boxes on the
> subnet. The lights on the NIC all blink on and off together slowly.

If you have set up a static ip ifconfig will report that ip regardles if you 
can actually use it. What does mii-tool or ethtool tell you? Do they also 
report that the card is OK? I have had weird problems with network cards on 
SuSE 8.2. I had to switch off acpi (actually SuSE gives you an install option 
with acpi disabled but doesn't really explain when you would need it). If 
mii-tool or ethtool also say that everything is fine (NIC working, connection 
nagotiated or set correctly) try adding acpi=off in the append = "...  line 
of lilo.conf (if you are using lilo). Then run lilo as root and reboot. I am 
not familiar with GRUB but you can probably google for the config file syntax 
to do this.

> saying to use the drivers off disk two, but the closest thing I see is
> SCOUNIX...

That's what you get for having to use SCO code :).
Hope this helps,

  Brana


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