On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 04:32:42 +0000, Richard Harke wrote:
> I'm helping someone install Debian on a Dell M50 we're
> having problems with the network. I first booted a
> "sarge" netinstall CD but couldn't get to the net
> to continue. He had a full set of CD's for "woody"
> so we installed that. Still couldn't get network.
> He has other reasons to need a 2.4 kernel so I downloaded
> the 2.4.21 (on another machine) kernel from kernel.org
> Built and installed. loaded the 3c59x driver
> with: modprobe 3c59x
> no error messages and lsmod confirms it is loaded.
> set the IP address with ifconfig and did
> ifconfig eth0 up
> tryed to ping the gateway (same subnet) and we
> get 90% loss ping to anything more distant simply
> doesn't work. If we reboot into windows 2000,
> there is no problem getting to the network and beyond
> so broken hardware doesn't seem likely.
>
> Are there any params that are needed when loading the
> driver? I scanned through 3c59x.c but didn't
> find anything useful.
>
> Richard
Maybe there are some problems with the duplex settings (Full
vs. Half). Check how this is setup in W2K and copy it to
Debian.
Good luck,
Anton (Please drop me a mail if this was a good tip)
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