[64studio-devel] Network Weirdness

[Gustin Johnson]

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On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Christian Muise wrote:

> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:04:24 -0400
> From: Christian Muise <christian.muise at gmail.com>
> To: Gustin Johnson <gustin at echostar.ca>
> Cc: Daniel James <daniel at 64studio.com>,
>     64 Studio <64studio-devel at 64studio.com>
> Subject: Re: [64studio-devel] Network Weirdness
> 
>>
>> ip addr
>> should show all the available NICs.  The firewire interface will have a
>> line that starts with: link/ieee1394, whereas ethernet NICs will show
>> link/ether
>
>
> I've never heard of the command 'ip' ...neither has my shell path
> unforunately :(.

The package is called iproute, aptitude install iproute.

> Perhaps "grep eth /var/log/dmesg"
>> to see if there are errors on boot.
>
> 64studio:/var/log# grep eth /var/log/dmesg
> eth1394: eth0: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0)
> eth1394: eth1: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host1)
> 64studio:/var/log#

No NIC detected on boot.  What version of 64Studio did you say you had? 
The bad news is that it looks like your NIC is not supported by the 
version you are running.

>
>> I would check to see if the module loaded correctly, in your case
>> lsmod |grep atl1
>> should return somethine.
>
>
> Nothing
>
> If not, try modprobe atl1
>
>
> Module doesn't exist

I believe it was added to 2.6.20 or 2.6.21.  The module is included in the 
default install of 64studio 2.0.  Your other choice is to add a supported 
NIC or build the driver yourself.  Adding a supported NIC is the easiest 
solution.  You could also upgrade to a more recent kernel which has the 
driver included.

Personally I always have a 3Com 3c905 nearby for just these sort of 
mishaps.  I also have an SMC USB 10/100 NIC for use on laptops or 
computers where adding a card is not an option.

Hope this helps,
Gustin
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