Clueless n00b: usb adsl modem to work? Help needed

Hi

I'm getting desperate here. I just installed RedHat 9 to see what kind of
system this Linux is. Installation went ok, except the network. Here's the
situation:
- I have Telewell TW-EA100B_2 adsl usb modem (version 2 modem)
- I have vendor's RH9 drivers + installation instructions
- After installing RPM and try to "insmod e2.o" , RH loads the module with
warnings of "no license"
- When trying "ifconfig hsb0 up" , occurs RH error: "hsb0: unknown
interface: No such device"

I called to vendor and they said that this error comes because dhcpd (?) is
not loaded, I need to have it loaded before the installation of the drivers.
OK, but now comes the tricky part; how can I load dhcp without having a NIC?
I tried to install a fake ethernet connection without any ethernet card, but
RH won't activate it because no cards found.
So now I'm in deadlock situation; Can't install the driver, beacuse no dhcp
client up and can't get dhcp client up beacuse no NIC.

I see two possible ways to get this work:
1. Load dhcp client up without any connections to any NIC
2. Activate the fake ethernet connection, but RH shouldn't initialize any
card, just activate it.

If you have any ideas, please help!!!

Many thanks in advance

Regards
Janne Hakala

Janne Hakala wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm getting desperate here. I just installed RedHat 9 to see what kind of
> system this Linux is. Installation went ok, except the network. Here's the
> situation:
> - I have Telewell TW-EA100B_2 adsl usb modem (version 2 modem)
> - I have vendor's RH9 drivers + installation instructions
> - After installing RPM and try to "insmod e2.o" , RH loads the module with
> warnings of "no license"
> - When trying "ifconfig hsb0 up" , occurs RH error: "hsb0: unknown
> interface: No such device"
>
> I called to vendor and they said that this error comes because dhcpd (?)
> is not loaded, I need to have it loaded before the installation of the
> drivers.

No, you don't. The dhcpd daemon doesn't need a working network in order to
run. Just start it.

> OK, but now comes the tricky part; how can I load dhcp without
> having a NIC? I tried to install a fake ethernet connection without any
> ethernet card, but RH won't activate it because no cards found.

Do it yourself. Don't wait for RH to start it for you.

# service dhcpd start

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

Hi Paul
that was pretty prompt reply, thanks!

I went to RH and tried "service dhcpd start" and RH gave error "unrecognize
service".
So I think now we are getting to the root of this problem. I don't have DHCP
installed in my RH?
On installation, there's this "SERVER" -package, but I didn't install it
because I thought I should install it in order to make a server. Should I
install that?


Janne


"Paul Lutus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Janne Hakala wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm getting desperate here. I just installed RedHat 9 to see what kind
of
> > system this Linux is. Installation went ok, except the network. Here's
the
> > situation:
> > - I have Telewell TW-EA100B_2 adsl usb modem (version 2 modem)
> > - I have vendor's RH9 drivers + installation instructions
> > - After installing RPM and try to "insmod e2.o" , RH loads the module
with
> > warnings of "no license"
> > - When trying "ifconfig hsb0 up" , occurs RH error: "hsb0: unknown
> > interface: No such device"
> >
> > I called to vendor and they said that this error comes because dhcpd (?)
> > is not loaded, I need to have it loaded before the installation of the
> > drivers.
>
> No, you don't. The dhcpd daemon doesn't need a working network in order to
> run. Just start it.
>
> > OK, but now comes the tricky part; how can I load dhcp without
> > having a NIC? I tried to install a fake ethernet connection without any
> > ethernet card, but RH won't activate it because no cards found.
>
> Do it yourself. Don't wait for RH to start it for you.
>
> # service dhcpd start
>
> --
> Paul Lutus
> http://www.arachnoid.com
>

Ok now I have dhcpd running, obviously I didn't install any server apps
during the installation, anyway but I still get error "hsb0: unknown
interface: No such device".

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Janne


"Janne Hakala" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bm8am8$q0q$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Paul
> that was pretty prompt reply, thanks!
>
> I went to RH and tried "service dhcpd start" and RH gave error
"unrecognize
> service".
> So I think now we are getting to the root of this problem. I don't have
DHCP
> installed in my RH?
> On installation, there's this "SERVER" -package, but I didn't install it
> because I thought I should install it in order to make a server. Should I
> install that?
>
>
> Janne
>
>
> "Paul Lutus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Janne Hakala wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I'm getting desperate here. I just installed RedHat 9 to see what kind
> of
> > > system this Linux is. Installation went ok, except the network. Here's
> the
> > > situation:
> > > - I have Telewell TW-EA100B_2 adsl usb modem (version 2 modem)
> > > - I have vendor's RH9 drivers + installation instructions
> > > - After installing RPM and try to "insmod e2.o" , RH loads the module
> with
> > > warnings of "no license"
> > > - When trying "ifconfig hsb0 up" , occurs RH error: "hsb0: unknown
> > > interface: No such device"
> > >
> > > I called to vendor and they said that this error comes because dhcpd
(?)
> > > is not loaded, I need to have it loaded before the installation of the
> > > drivers.
> >
> > No, you don't. The dhcpd daemon doesn't need a working network in order
to
> > run. Just start it.
> >
> > > OK, but now comes the tricky part; how can I load dhcp without
> > > having a NIC? I tried to install a fake ethernet connection without
any
> > > ethernet card, but RH won't activate it because no cards found.
> >
> > Do it yourself. Don't wait for RH to start it for you.
> >
> > # service dhcpd start
> >
> > --
> > Paul Lutus
> > http://www.arachnoid.com
> >
>
>

"Janne Hakala" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bm89lo$mpf$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I'm getting desperate here. I just installed RedHat 9 to see what kind of
> system this Linux is. Installation went ok, except the network. Here's the
> situation:
> - I have Telewell TW-EA100B_2 adsl usb modem (version 2 modem)
> - I have vendor's RH9 drivers + installation instructions
> - After installing RPM and try to "insmod e2.o" , RH loads the module with
> warnings of "no license"
> - When trying "ifconfig hsb0 up" , occurs RH error: "hsb0: unknown
> interface: No such device"

ifconfig -a

shows all network devices on system, regardless whether they are up.

> I called to vendor and they said that this error comes because dhcpd (?)
is
> not loaded, I need to have it loaded before the installation of the
drivers.

It seems that there is a mix-up here: dhcpd is the DHCP server, and dhcpcd
is a client.

HTH

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi