RedHat ethernet setup

hi,

i have a AMD Athlon 2,4GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 80G Hardrive with
integrated peripherals - network interface card, video card etc.

problem is ethernet setting, i did a fresh install of RedHat 7.0 on this box
and it couldnt pick up the network card, so i installed a add-on card on the
motherboard and it picked this one up. i gave it a local ip address
192.168.1.x,
and it pings itself, telnets, ftps, and httpd itself with no problems. but
it cant
see outside itself. and others cant see it.

if i am working in bash i get this error continuously:
"eth0: Transmit timed out, status ec6980d7......."

now i am not sure whats causing this. is it to do with my integrated
ethernet card?
because my eth0 interface is properly configured and i THINK eth0 is my
add-on
card not the integrated card.

let me know if you know how to deal with integrated cards etc.
integrated card is a VT6103 on a VT8378 (KM400) Northbridge motherboard
(Elitegroup)

cheers,

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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 01:12:05 GMT, Fadzi Ushewokunze staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
> i have a AMD Athlon 2,4GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 80G Hardrive with
> i did a fresh install of RedHat 7.0 on this box

You should not use a distro that old with hardware like that. Redhat
7.0 was buggier than usual, too. Use something more recent; more of
your hardware will be supported.

> and it couldnt pick up the network card, so i installed a add-on card
> on the motherboard and it picked this one up. i gave it a local ip
> address 192.168.1.x, and it pings itself, telnets, ftps, and httpd
> itself with no problems. but it cant see outside itself. and others
> cant see it.

Are you sure your default route is set up properly? If you don't set a
default route, the machine will only be able to see the other machines
on the 192.168.1.0 network.

> "eth0: Transmit timed out, status ec6980d7......."

Probably due to the ancient and buggy kernel that came with Redhat 7.0.

> i THINK eth0 is my add-on card not the integrated card.

Don't make guesses; do "dmesg | grep eth0" and find out!

> integrated card is a VT6103 on a VT8378 (KM400) Northbridge

grepping /usr/src/linux-2.4.24/drivers/net/ for 6103 makes me think this
onboard NIC is supported by the sis900 module. This module is probably
not present in the kernel that shipped with Redhat 7.0 because that
kernel's really old. Upgrade that distro to something more recent, or
at the very least upgrade your kernel to a recent 2.4 release, and see
what you get.

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I'd start with a newer release.

Fadzi Ushewokunze sat down at the computer and pounded the following into
the keyboard:

> problem is ethernet setting, i did a fresh install of RedHat 7.0 on this
> box and it couldnt pick up the network card, so i installed a add-on card
> on the motherboard and it picked this one up. i gave it a local ip address
> 192.168.1.x,
> and it pings itself, telnets, ftps, and httpd itself with no problems. but
> it cant
> see outside itself. and others cant see it.

You didn't describe what this machine is hooked up to. Is it directly
connected to the Internet? A local LAN? Is your network using DCHP?

Tell us what's hooked to the other end of the cable, and how it's
configured. I suspect that may be the problem.

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i think the lesson of the day for me is to install a more recent
distribution.

thanks.



"Richard Adams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 01:12:05 +0000, Fadzi Ushewokunze wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i have a AMD Athlon 2,4GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 80G Hardrive with
> > integrated peripherals - network interface card, video card etc.
> >
> > problem is ethernet setting, i did a fresh install of RedHat 7.0 on this
box
> > and it couldnt pick up the network card, so i installed a add-on card on
the
> > motherboard and it picked this one up. i gave it a local ip address
> > 192.168.1.x,
> > and it pings itself, telnets, ftps, and httpd itself with no problems.
but
> > it cant
> > see outside itself. and others cant see it.
> >
> > if i am working in bash i get this error continuously:
> > "eth0: Transmit timed out, status ec6980d7......."
> >
> > now i am not sure whats causing this. is it to do with my integrated
> > ethernet card?
> > because my eth0 interface is properly configured and i THINK eth0 is my
> > add-on
> > card not the integrated card.
>
> Presuming you are using the kernel from redhat-7 then possably that is
> causing the error you mention, upgrading your system to a more recent
> distro, or compiling and installing a recent 2.4.xx kernel and system
> tools should make the problem go away.
>
> > let me know if you know how to deal with integrated cards etc.
> > integrated card is a VT6103 on a VT8378 (KM400) Northbridge motherboard
> > (Elitegroup)
>
>
> AFAIK VIA ethernet chipsets are not supported in 2.4.xx kernels, you need
> to get a driver from nvidia.com and install it.
> 2.6 kernels do i belive have liminted support for some via chipsets, you
> would be best advised (IMHO) to use a 2.4.xx kernsl say the latest from
> www.kernel.org and get the propriory driver from www.nvidia.com .
>
> To round up, possably the best thing you can do is install a more recent
> distro.
>
> > cheers,
>
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 01:24:05 +0000, Dances With Crows wrote:
> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.misc.]
[c.o.l.n added as it's more topical ]

>> integrated card is a VT6103 on a VT8378 (KM400) Northbridge
>
> grepping /usr/src/linux-2.4.24/drivers/net/ for 6103 makes me think this
> onboard NIC is supported by the sis900 module.

Check your grep -- you missed via-rhine.c. It is in fact a
via-rhine.
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