Probs with ip/ethernet setup (smc-ultra ISA)

Hi All,

I've been trying to setup networking on an old P166 MMX (running
Debian Sarge, linux kernel 2.4.20-3), using an "SMC EtherCard Elite 16C
Ultra (SMC8216C)" ISA card.
The card had been used successfuly on Redhat and Win95 some years ago.

The smc-ultra.o module and eth0 seem to load up fine, ip configuration
seem to be right. I did not see any error messages anywhere, but it just
can't talk to the network (all pings fail).
When trying to ping other hosts, you see the leds on the hub
blinking happily, but other hosts don't recieve any packets.
When other hosts broadcast on the net, all packets are counted as RX
errors.

When using EZSTART program provided on the SMC drivers floppy, all
tests (loopback, memory. etc.) pass successfuly. I can't use their
"2-node" test, because I don't have another SMC card (other hosts on net
have onboard NIC).
The network-cable is fine (was tested with another computer). All
nodes are operating at 10mbps half-duplex.
One problem I did notice, is that there is no "Media Link On" message
in the system log (see below).

I reached a dead end trying to further diagnose the situation. I want
to know whether I'm missing something in my configuration or is the card
busted (and determine this without buying a new card or installing
another OS...).

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Amit A.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Details:
---------
(*) Relevant messages from 'dmesg' output:

--------------------------------------------------->
smc-ultra.c: Presently autoprobing (not recommended) for a single card.
smc-ultra.c: No ISAPnP cards found, trying standard ones...
smc-ultra.c:v2.02 2/3/98 Donald Becker ((E-Mail Removed))
eth0: SMC Ultra at 0x300, ** ** ** ** ** **, IRQ 10 memory 0xe0000-0xe3fff.
<---------------------------------------------------

*note* Comparing system log with output on other (working) computers, I
noticed that there is *no* "eth0: Media Link On..." message.
This might mean that the card does not detect the connection to the
net - or does not report it to linux (however, the led on the card does
shine green when connected).

(Here I used autoprobe, and smc-ultra detected the IO,IRQ,memory
correctly. I also tried using other IO configs with EZSTART, using
hard-configurations with jumpers, avoiding autoprobe by giving
parameters to smc-ultra - all with same results)

(*) Usage of IO ports (cat /proc/ioports):
--------------------------------------------------->
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0213-0213 : isapnp read
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0300-031f : eth0
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(set)
0a79-0a79 : isapnp write
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
6000-601f : VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
f000-f00f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B PIPC Bus Master IDE
f000-f007 : ide0
f008-f00f : ide1
<---------------------------------------------------

Kernel Modules (lsmod):
--------------------------------------------------->
Module Size Used by Not tainted
smc-ultra 4816 1 (autoclean)
8390 6032 0 (autoclean) [smc-ultra]
isa-pnp 30032 0 (autoclean) [smc-ultra]
rtc 6344 0 (autoclean)
reiserfs 169296 2 (autoclean)
vfat 9548 0 (autoclean)
fat 30360 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
ext2 33024 0 (autoclean)
ext3 58464 1 (autoclean)
jbd 37860 1 (autoclean) [ext3]
ide-disk 9984 4 (autoclean)
ide-probe-mod 9072 0 (autoclean)
ide-mod 156088 4 (autoclean) [ide-disk ide-probe-mod]
unix 14188 2 (autoclean)
<---------------------------------------------------

netstat -r -n:
--------------------------------------------------->
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
Iface
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0
eth0
<---------------------------------------------------

Statistics before network activity (ifconfig -a):
--------------------------------------------------->
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**
inet addr:10.200.1.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:e0000-e4000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:768 (768.0 b) TX bytes:768 (768.0 b)
<---------------------------------------------------

After trying to ping other hosts (note 3 TX packets)
--------------------------------------------------->
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**
inet addr:10.200.1.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:180 (180.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:e0000-e4000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB)
<---------------------------------------------------

After broadcast on the net (ping nonexistant local net ip from another
host) - note the 6 RC error packets.
--------------------------------------------------->
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**
inet addr:10.200.1.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:180 (180.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:e0000-e4000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB)
<---------------------------------------------------

Amit Aronovitch wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been trying to setup networking on an old P166 MMX (running
> Debian Sarge, linux kernel 2.4.20-3), using an "SMC EtherCard Elite 16C
> Ultra (SMC8216C)" ISA card.
> The card had been used successfuly on Redhat and Win95 some years ago.
>
> The smc-ultra.o module and eth0 seem to load up fine, ip configuration
> seem to be right. I did not see any error messages anywhere, but it just
> can't talk to the network (all pings fail).
> When trying to ping other hosts, you see the leds on the hub
> blinking happily, but other hosts don't recieve any packets.
> When other hosts broadcast on the net, all packets are counted as RX
> errors.
>
> When using EZSTART program provided on the SMC drivers floppy, all
> tests (loopback, memory. etc.) pass successfuly. I can't use their
> "2-node" test, because I don't have another SMC card (other hosts on net
> have onboard NIC).
> The network-cable is fine (was tested with another computer). All
> nodes are operating at 10mbps half-duplex.
> One problem I did notice, is that there is no "Media Link On" message
> in the system log (see below).
>
> I reached a dead end trying to further diagnose the situation. I want
> to know whether I'm missing something in my configuration or is the card
> busted (and determine this without buying a new card or installing
> another OS...).
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Amit A.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Details:
> ---------
> (*) Relevant messages from 'dmesg' output:
>
> --------------------------------------------------->
> smc-ultra.c: Presently autoprobing (not recommended) for a single card.
> smc-ultra.c: No ISAPnP cards found, trying standard ones...
> smc-ultra.c:v2.02 2/3/98 Donald Becker ((E-Mail Removed))
> eth0: SMC Ultra at 0x300, ** ** ** ** ** **, IRQ 10 memory 0xe0000-0xe3fff.
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> *note* Comparing system log with output on other (working) computers, I
> noticed that there is *no* "eth0: Media Link On..." message.
> This might mean that the card does not detect the connection to the
> net - or does not report it to linux (however, the led on the card does
> shine green when connected).
>
> (Here I used autoprobe, and smc-ultra detected the IO,IRQ,memory
> correctly. I also tried using other IO configs with EZSTART, using
> hard-configurations with jumpers, avoiding autoprobe by giving
> parameters to smc-ultra - all with same results)
>
> (*) Usage of IO ports (cat /proc/ioports):
> --------------------------------------------------->
> 0000-001f : dma1
> 0020-003f : pic1
> 0040-005f : timer
> 0060-006f : keyboard
> 0070-007f : rtc
> 0080-008f : dma page reg
> 00a0-00bf : pic2
> 00c0-00df : dma2
> 00f0-00ff : fpu
> 0170-0177 : ide1
> 01f0-01f7 : ide0
> 0213-0213 : isapnp read
> 02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
> 0300-031f : eth0
> 0376-0376 : ide1
> 03c0-03df : vga+
> 03f6-03f6 : ide0
> 03f8-03ff : serial(set)
> 0a79-0a79 : isapnp write
> 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
> 6000-601f : VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
> f000-f00f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B PIPC Bus Master IDE
> f000-f007 : ide0
> f008-f00f : ide1
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> Kernel Modules (lsmod):
> --------------------------------------------------->
> Module Size Used by Not tainted
> smc-ultra 4816 1 (autoclean)
> 8390 6032 0 (autoclean) [smc-ultra]
> isa-pnp 30032 0 (autoclean) [smc-ultra]
> rtc 6344 0 (autoclean)
> reiserfs 169296 2 (autoclean)
> vfat 9548 0 (autoclean)
> fat 30360 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
> ext2 33024 0 (autoclean)
> ext3 58464 1 (autoclean)
> jbd 37860 1 (autoclean) [ext3]
> ide-disk 9984 4 (autoclean)
> ide-probe-mod 9072 0 (autoclean)
> ide-mod 156088 4 (autoclean) [ide-disk ide-probe-mod]
> unix 14188 2 (autoclean)
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> netstat -r -n:
> --------------------------------------------------->
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
> Iface
> 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0
> eth0
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> Statistics before network activity (ifconfig -a):
> --------------------------------------------------->
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**
> inet addr:10.200.1.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:e0000-e4000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:768 (768.0 b) TX bytes:768 (768.0 b)
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> After trying to ping other hosts (note 3 TX packets)
> --------------------------------------------------->
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**
> inet addr:10.200.1.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:180 (180.0 b)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:e0000-e4000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB)
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> After broadcast on the net (ping nonexistant local net ip from another
> host) - note the 6 RC error packets.
> --------------------------------------------------->
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**
> inet addr:10.200.1.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:180 (180.0 b)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:e0000-e4000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB)
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
>

"HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**"
Why is there no MAC?

Try to use alternate paramters: ( and don't forget to set the irq of
interest to isa/PnPin the bios first!

io=0x280 irq=3
io=0x300 irq=10



Another driver perhaps? I have an smc here that uses the wd driver. It's
got jumpers on it that set what io and irq it's supposed to use.


hth


On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:35:10 +0300, Amit Aronovitch wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've been trying to setup networking on an old P166 MMX (running
> Debian Sarge, linux kernel 2.4.20-3), using an "SMC EtherCard Elite 16C
> Ultra (SMC8216C)" ISA card.
> The card had been used successfuly on Redhat and Win95 some years ago.
>
> The smc-ultra.o module and eth0 seem to load up fine, ip configuration
> seem to be right. I did not see any error messages anywhere, but it just
> can't talk to the network (all pings fail).
> When trying to ping other hosts, you see the leds on the hub
> blinking happily, but other hosts don't recieve any packets.
> When other hosts broadcast on the net, all packets are counted as RX
> errors.
>
> When using EZSTART program provided on the SMC drivers floppy, all
> tests (loopback, memory. etc.) pass successfuly. I can't use their
> "2-node" test, because I don't have another SMC card (other hosts on net
> have onboard NIC).
> The network-cable is fine (was tested with another computer). All
> nodes are operating at 10mbps half-duplex.
> One problem I did notice, is that there is no "Media Link On" message
> in the system log (see below).
>
> I reached a dead end trying to further diagnose the situation. I want
> to know whether I'm missing something in my configuration or is the card
> busted (and determine this without buying a new card or installing
> another OS...).
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Amit A.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Details:
> ---------
> (*) Relevant messages from 'dmesg' output:
>
> --------------------------------------------------->
> smc-ultra.c: Presently autoprobing (not recommended) for a single card.
> smc-ultra.c: No ISAPnP cards found, trying standard ones...
> smc-ultra.c:v2.02 2/3/98 Donald Becker ((E-Mail Removed))
> eth0: SMC Ultra at 0x300, ** ** ** ** ** **, IRQ 10 memory 0xe0000-0xe3fff.
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> *note* Comparing system log with output on other (working) computers, I
> noticed that there is *no* "eth0: Media Link On..." message.
> This might mean that the card does not detect the connection to the
> net - or does not report it to linux (however, the led on the card does
> shine green when connected).
>
> (Here I used autoprobe, and smc-ultra detected the IO,IRQ,memory
> correctly. I also tried using other IO configs with EZSTART, using
> hard-configurations with jumpers, avoiding autoprobe by giving
> parameters to smc-ultra - all with same results)
>
> (*) Usage of IO ports (cat /proc/ioports):
> --------------------------------------------------->
> 0000-001f : dma1
> 0020-003f : pic1
> 0040-005f : timer
> 0060-006f : keyboard
> 0070-007f : rtc
> 0080-008f : dma page reg
> 00a0-00bf : pic2
> 00c0-00df : dma2
> 00f0-00ff : fpu
> 0170-0177 : ide1
> 01f0-01f7 : ide0
> 0213-0213 : isapnp read
> 02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
> 0300-031f : eth0
> 0376-0376 : ide1
> 03c0-03df : vga+
> 03f6-03f6 : ide0
> 03f8-03ff : serial(set)
> 0a79-0a79 : isapnp write
> 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
> 6000-601f : VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
> f000-f00f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B PIPC Bus Master IDE
> f000-f007 : ide0
> f008-f00f : ide1
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> Kernel Modules (lsmod):
> --------------------------------------------------->
> Module Size Used by Not tainted
> smc-ultra 4816 1 (autoclean)
> 8390 6032 0 (autoclean) [smc-ultra]
> isa-pnp 30032 0 (autoclean) [smc-ultra]
> rtc 6344 0 (autoclean)
> reiserfs 169296 2 (autoclean)
> vfat 9548 0 (autoclean)
> fat 30360 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
> ext2 33024 0 (autoclean)
> ext3 58464 1 (autoclean)
> jbd 37860 1 (autoclean) [ext3]
> ide-disk 9984 4 (autoclean)
> ide-probe-mod 9072 0 (autoclean)
> ide-mod 156088 4 (autoclean) [ide-disk ide-probe-mod]
> unix 14188 2 (autoclean)
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> netstat -r -n:
> --------------------------------------------------->
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
> Iface
> 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0
> eth0
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> Statistics before network activity (ifconfig -a):
> --------------------------------------------------->
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**
> inet addr:10.200.1.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:e0000-e4000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:768 (768.0 b) TX bytes:768 (768.0 b)
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> After trying to ping other hosts (note 3 TX packets)
> --------------------------------------------------->
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**
> inet addr:10.200.1.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:180 (180.0 b)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:e0000-e4000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB)
> <---------------------------------------------------
>
> After broadcast on the net (ping nonexistant local net ip from another
> host) - note the 6 RC error packets.
> --------------------------------------------------->
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**
> inet addr:10.200.1.2 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:180 (180.0 b)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:e0000-e4000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1104 (1.0 KiB)
> <---------------------------------------------------

John-Paul Stewart wrote:

> Amit Aronovitch wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>> I've been trying to setup networking on an old P166 MMX (running
>>Debian Sarge, linux kernel 2.4.20-3), using an "SMC EtherCard Elite 16C
>>Ultra (SMC8216C)" ISA card.
>> The card had been used successfuly on Redhat and Win95 some years ago.
>>
>> The smc-ultra.o module and eth0 seem to load up fine, ip configuration
>>seem to be right. I did not see any error messages anywhere, but it just
>>can't talk to the network (all pings fail).
>> When trying to ping other hosts, you see the leds on the hub
>>blinking happily, but other hosts don't recieve any packets.
>> When other hosts broadcast on the net, all packets are counted as RX
>>errors.
>
>
> [snip]
>
>
>>netstat -r -n:
>>--------------------------------------------------->
>>Kernel IP routing table
>>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
>>Iface
>>10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0
>>eth0
>><---------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I'm troubled by the MSS being set to 40. On all of my systems
> (including one with an SMC Ultra card) it is set to 0. Are you sure
> that 40 is correct for your setup? 'man route' for info on what it is
> and how to change it.

I checked on another (working) computer and it's 40 there too.
route (ver 1.98, net-tools ver 1.60) does not allow setting this to 0.
For any value lower than 64 I get "route: Invalid MSS/MTU."

40 is what you get if you don't specify any mss value when adding the
route (probably this is what debian's "ifup" command does).

Assuming that your 0 means something like "no upper limit", I tried
setting mss to 9999 (MTU is just 1500, so this should effectively mean
no limit) - no visible effect. Also tried 64 with same result

Joe Hente wrote:
> Amit Aronovitch wrote:
>
[ snip ]
>> smc-ultra.c: Presently autoprobing (not recommended) for a single card.
>> smc-ultra.c: No ISAPnP cards found, trying standard ones...
>> smc-ultra.c:v2.02 2/3/98 Donald Becker ((E-Mail Removed))
>> eth0: SMC Ultra at 0x300, ** ** ** ** ** **, IRQ 10 memory
>> 0xe0000-0xe3fff.
[ snip ]
>
> "HWaddr **:**:**:**:**:**"
> Why is there no MAC?
>

Well, there is. I just F&Rep'ed it with stars.
Pretty useless effort on my part really - so, if it makes any
difference, it's 00:00:C0:3B:AF0 ...