Re: Question about PCMCIA networking

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 01:34:48 -0400
"Matthew Bradford" <mbradford xiconintl com> wrote:

> One more thing:
>     I know the slot isn't bad because it was _just working_ with that
>     card
> and I tried a modem in there and it worked fine.  Also I know the card
> is still good because it works fine in another laptop running
> Windows98.
> 
>  - Matt Bradford

You don't say, I'm not sure with a laptop, and this is a wild guess
based on things that work with desktops (sometimes).

Have you rebooted without the card, removed all references to it
(/etc/modules.conf and networking) and rebooted with it installed? Being
an NE2K clone might require some manual configuration once again. I
don't use ISA boards any more, but I remember they required some
additional parameters to get them working (IRQ, I think it was, or IO,
but not both). I had a couple of NE2K clones that were ISA and needed
those things to work.

That's my best (and only) shot.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Bradford" <mbradford xiconintl com>
> To: <redhat-list redhat com>
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 1:31 AM
> Subject: Question about PCMCIA networking
> 
> 
> > I am totally stumped.
> >
> > Here is the issue:  I am running an NEC Versa 5080/64mb RAM/3gb HD
> > and I just put a fresh install of RH7.3 on it.  Now here is where
> > issues come in...
> >
> > I have a SMC8040TX network card which is supposed to be NE2000
> > compliant. So it just automagically loads the pcnet_cs.o module. 
> > The first time I inserted the card it worked wonderfully.  I got a
> > DHCP address and I could get to the net and bring up any page I
> > wanted to.  Then I made the mistake of turning my laptop off. :-/
> >
> > Now when I boot up (changing no settings) the card is detected and
> > the driver is loaded (known from hearing both beeps and doing an
> > lsmod) but it will not transmit anything over the network.  It is as
> > if it can only
> listen
> > to the traffic on the rest of the network but not participate.  I
> > can do
> an
> > 'ifconfig eth0 up' and it shows up in my card listing and then do a
> > 'tcpdump -i eth0' and it shows every single packet flowing through
> > the network.  If I try and hardwire an address to the card
> > ('ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.5 up') then it shows the IP address but I
> > cannot ping anything. This is very frustrating since it worked
> > perfectly the first time.
> >
> > To sum up: fresh install of RH7.3 NIC works perfectly.  Reboot and
> > it becomes a silent partner on the network.  Will not join in the
> > chatter anymore... even when I uninstall PCMCIA support and put it
> > back in.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >  - Matt Bradford
> >
> >
> >
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