3com ethernet card failure

I recently moved an old dell dimension from one apt to another and my
3com ethernet card has stopped functioning on this machine. If I use a
static configuration ifup eth0 brings the interface up but I'm not able
to ping my router. I was wondering if the card was damaged during
transit, would I still be able to bring up the interface? Any help
diagnosing this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
JH

JiggaHertz wrote at 11. October 2004:
>
> I recently moved an old dell dimension from one apt to another and my
> 3com ethernet card has stopped functioning on this machine. If I use
> a static configuration ifup eth0 brings the interface up but I'm not
> able to ping my router. I was wondering if the card was damaged
> during transit, would I still be able to bring up the interface? Any
> help diagnosing this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Output of "ifconfig eth0" and "route -n" might help.
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:04:14 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:

> JiggaHertz wrote at 11. October 2004:
>>
>> I recently moved an old dell dimension from one apt to another and my
>> 3com ethernet card has stopped functioning on this machine. If I use
>> a static configuration ifup eth0 brings the interface up but I'm not
>> able to ping my router. I was wondering if the card was damaged
>> during transit, would I still be able to bring up the interface? Any
>> help diagnosing this problem would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Output of "ifconfig eth0" and "route -n" might help.

Here's the output from ifconfig eth0 and route -n ...

[root@localhost ~]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:043:95:35
inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:4ff:fed3:9535/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:85 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5224 (5.1 kb) TX bytes:8738 (8.5 kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x1000

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:13:28 -0400, JiggaHertz wrote:
>> Output of "ifconfig eth0" and "route -n" might help.
>
> Here's the output from ifconfig eth0 and route -n ...

Have you tried power cycling the router with the new nic?

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 04:26:11 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:13:28 -0400, JiggaHertz wrote:
>>> Output of "ifconfig eth0" and "route -n" might help.
>>
>> Here's the output from ifconfig eth0 and route -n ...
>
> Have you tried power cycling the router with the new nic?

Yeah, same behavior

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:30:28 -0400, JiggaHertz wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 04:26:11 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:13:28 -0400, JiggaHertz wrote:
>>>> Output of "ifconfig eth0" and "route -n" might help.
>>>
>>> Here's the output from ifconfig eth0 and route -n ...
>>
>> Have you tried power cycling the router with the new nic?
>
> Yeah, same behavior
>

Does this ping work?
su -l root
shorewall clear
ping -c 1 216.239.57.99
shorewall restet
exit

JiggaHertz wrote at 13. October 2004:
>
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:04:14 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>
> > JiggaHertz wrote at 11. October 2004:
> >>
> >> I recently moved an old dell dimension from one apt to another and my
> >> 3com ethernet card has stopped functioning on this machine. If I use
> >> a static configuration ifup eth0 brings the interface up but I'm not
> >> able to ping my router. I was wondering if the card was damaged
> >> during transit, would I still be able to bring up the interface? Any
> >> help diagnosing this problem would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Output of "ifconfig eth0" and "route -n" might help.
>
> Here's the output from ifconfig eth0 and route -n ...
>
> [root@localhost ~]# route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

You have no (default) route to your ISP. Or are you using a router? What
is the router's address towards your computer then?

Here's mine (no, don't ping me! ;-):

,----
| -bash-2.05b$ /sbin/route -n
| Kernel IP routing table
| Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
| 24.202.85.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
| 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
| 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
| 0.0.0.0 24.202.85.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
`----

> [root@localhost ~]# ifconfig eth0
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:043:95:35
> inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> [...]

Same for the device. Mine:

,----
| eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:C9:E4:A2:18
| inet addr:24.202.85.123 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255..0
`----

F'up to the network group.
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:10:56 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:

> JiggaHertz wrote at 13. October 2004:
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:04:14 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>>
>> > JiggaHertz wrote at 11. October 2004:
>> >>
>> >> I recently moved an old dell dimension from one apt to another and my
>> >> 3com ethernet card has stopped functioning on this machine. If I use
>> >> a static configuration ifup eth0 brings the interface up but I'm not
>> >> able to ping my router. I was wondering if the card was damaged
>> >> during transit, would I still be able to bring up the interface? Any
>> >> help diagnosing this problem would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Output of "ifconfig eth0" and "route -n" might help.
>>
>> Here's the output from ifconfig eth0 and route -n ...
>>
>> [root@localhost ~]# route -n
>> Kernel IP routing table
>> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
>> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
>> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
>> 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>
> You have no (default) route to your ISP. Or are you using a router? What
> is the router's address towards your computer then?
>

I'm using a router (192.168.0.1) and my local IP for this machine is
192.168.0.9

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 04:37:09 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:30:28 -0400, JiggaHertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 04:26:11 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:13:28 -0400, JiggaHertz wrote:
>>>>> Output of "ifconfig eth0" and "route -n" might help.
>>>>
>>>> Here's the output from ifconfig eth0 and route -n ...
>>>
>>> Have you tried power cycling the router with the new nic?
>>
>> Yeah, same behavior
>>
>
> Does this ping work?
> su -l root
> shorewall clear
> ping -c 1 216.239.57.99
> shorewall restet
> exit

No, ping replies with Destination Host Unreachable

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:24:37 -0400, JiggaHertz wrote:

Hmmm, your ifconfig shows good stats,
RX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:85 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

RX bytes:5224 (5.1 kb) TX bytes:8738 (8.5 kb)

I'll guess it is the router, if that is the only pc in the loop.