Problem connecting RH9 to Linksys WRT54GR router.

Hi,

I have a Linksys router WRT54GR version 1.1. I have installed the latest
firmware version 1.03.
I have a wired connection to a PC. The PC is dual boot. When I run
Windows 98SE everthing is working fine. When I boot RetHat 9 I can't get
an internet connection. I get the error message:

"Determining IP information for eth0 ... failed.

With other routers (Sitecom broadband router, Thomson speedtouch
router/modem) I had no problems at all when connected to the same PC
running Linux using auto-dhcp.

Does somebody know how I can get my connection working? Why doesn't
auto-dhcp work with this router with Linux?

Erwin

On 02/23/2007 11:49 AM, Erwin Waterlander wrote:

> I have a Linksys router WRT54GR version 1.1. I have installed the latest
> firmware version 1.03.
> I have a wired connection to a PC. The PC is dual boot. When I run
> Windows 98SE everthing is working fine. When I boot RetHat 9 I can't get
> an internet connection. I get the error message:
>
> "Determining IP information for eth0 ... failed.
>
> With other routers (Sitecom broadband router, Thomson speedtouch
> router/modem) I had no problems at all when connected to the same PC
> running Linux using auto-dhcp.

Is the dhcp server/service configured on your Linksys router?

> Does somebody know how I can get my connection working? Why doesn't
> auto-dhcp work with this router with Linux?

Please try assigning a suitable fixed IP, netmask and gateway addresses
manually; check if that works for you.

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Op 23-2-2007 15:06, Balwinder S "bsd" Dheeman schreef:
> On 02/23/2007 11:49 AM, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
>
>> I have a Linksys router WRT54GR version 1.1. I have installed the latest
>> firmware version 1.03.
>> I have a wired connection to a PC. The PC is dual boot. When I run
>> Windows 98SE everthing is working fine. When I boot RetHat 9 I can't get
>> an internet connection. I get the error message:
>>
>> "Determining IP information for eth0 ... failed.
>>
>> With other routers (Sitecom broadband router, Thomson speedtouch
>> router/modem) I had no problems at all when connected to the same PC
>> running Linux using auto-dhcp.
>
> Is the dhcp server/service configured on your Linksys router?
>
>> Does somebody know how I can get my connection working? Why doesn't
>> auto-dhcp work with this router with Linux?
>
> Please try assigning a suitable fixed IP, netmask and gateway addresses
> manually; check if that works for you.
>

Hi,

I tried setting fixed IP, netmask and gateway addresses, but it didn't
work either. I spend several hours and gave up.
Lately I upgraded my Windows version to Windows XP and noticed that XP
does not support my old network card (3Com EtherLink III PCI), because
it's not plug-and-play. So I installed a new network card (Sitecom
LN-027). Now the problem on Linux is gone. Connecting to internet using
auto-dhcp is working without problems with RH9.

Somehow the combination of a WRT54GR, 3Com EtherLink, and Linux (RH9) is
not working.

Erwin

On 03/04/2007 05:24 PM, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
> Op 23-2-2007 15:06, Balwinder S "bsd" Dheeman schreef:
>> On 02/23/2007 11:49 AM, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Linksys router WRT54GR version 1.1. I have installed the latest
>>> firmware version 1.03.
>>> I have a wired connection to a PC. The PC is dual boot. When I run
>>> Windows 98SE everthing is working fine. When I boot RetHat 9 I can't get
>>> an internet connection. I get the error message:
>>>
>>> "Determining IP information for eth0 ... failed.
>>>
>>> With other routers (Sitecom broadband router, Thomson speedtouch
>>> router/modem) I had no problems at all when connected to the same PC
>>> running Linux using auto-dhcp.
>>
>> Is the dhcp server/service configured on your Linksys router?
>>
>>> Does somebody know how I can get my connection working? Why doesn't
>>> auto-dhcp work with this router with Linux?
>>
>> Please try assigning a suitable fixed IP, netmask and gateway addresses
>> manually; check if that works for you.
>
> I tried setting fixed IP, netmask and gateway addresses, but it didn't
> work either. I spend several hours and gave up.
> Lately I upgraded my Windows version to Windows XP and noticed that XP
> does not support my old network card (3Com EtherLink III PCI), because
> it's not plug-and-play. So I installed a new network card (Sitecom
> LN-027). Now the problem on Linux is gone. Connecting to internet using
> auto-dhcp is working without problems with RH9.
>
> Somehow the combination of a WRT54GR, 3Com EtherLink, and Linux (RH9) is
> not working.

Is this 3Com EtherLink III PCI card recognized on RH9?

Try lspci and, or dmesg |grep -i 3com

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