Trying to network an IBM NETVISTA

Hi,
~
the actual box I have is an IBM NETVISTA A30P MT P4/1800 (Part #: 831063U)
~
I don't know or even how to check if it is a BIOS problem related to the
NICs or not and I have tried different NICs
~
sh-3.1# dmesg | grep eth
eth1394: eth0: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0)
e100: eth2: e100_probe: addr 0xc1000000, irq 23, MAC addr 00:09:6B:35:13:E5
eth1: setting half-duplex.
eth1: setting half-duplex.
~
root@Knoppix:~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:09:6B:35:13:E5
BROADCAST 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:26:81:FB
BROADCAST 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:21 Base address:0x2040

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:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:700 (700.0 b) TX bytes:700 (700.0 b)


root@Knoppix:~# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 10Mb/s
Duplex: Half
Port: MII
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
Link detected: no
root@Knoppix:~# ethtool eth1
Settings for eth1:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 10Mb/s
Duplex: Half
Port: MII
PHYAD: 24
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
Link detected: no
root@Knoppix:~#

How can I check/text/fix my NICs on this box?

Thanks
lbrtchx

Bill Marcum wrote:

> What if anything is
> connected to the two NICs?

Well, the only two things that could connect the two of them is they are
both kaput which is very unlikely, but I will keep testing

lbrtchx

On 2008-06-24, Albretch Mueller <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> ~
> the actual box I have is an IBM NETVISTA A30P MT P4/1800 (Part #: 831063U)
> ~
> I don't know or even how to check if it is a BIOS problem related to the
> NICs or not and I have tried different NICs
> ~
> sh-3.1# dmesg | grep eth
> eth1394: eth0: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0)
> e100: eth2: e100_probe: addr 0xc1000000, irq 23, MAC addr 00:09:6B:35:13:E5
> eth1: setting half-duplex.
> eth1: setting half-duplex.
> ~
> root@Knoppix:~# ifconfig -a
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:09:6B:35:13:E5
> BROADCAST 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:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:26:81:FB
> BROADCAST 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:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:21 Base address:0x2040
>
> 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:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:700 (700.0 b) TX bytes:700 (700.0 b)
>
>
> root@Knoppix:~# ethtool eth0
> Settings for eth0:
> Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
> Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
> Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
> Speed: 10Mb/s
> Duplex: Half
> Port: MII
> PHYAD: 1
> Transceiver: internal
> Auto-negotiation: on
> Supports Wake-on: g
> Wake-on: d
> Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
> Link detected: no
> root@Knoppix:~# ethtool eth1
> Settings for eth1:
> Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
> Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
> Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
> Speed: 10Mb/s
> Duplex: Half
> Port: MII
> PHYAD: 24
> Transceiver: internal
> Auto-negotiation: on
> Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
> Link detected: no
> root@Knoppix:~#
>
> How can I check/text/fix my NICs on this box?
>
> Thanks
> lbrtchx
>

The only problem I see is "Link detected: no". What if anything is
connected to the two NICs?

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:44:37 -0400, Albretch Mueller rearranged some
electrons to say:

> Bill Marcum wrote:
>
>> What if anything is
>> connected to the two NICs?
>
> Well, the only two things that could connect the two of them is they
> are
> both kaput which is very unlikely, but I will keep testing
>
> lbrtchx

Ah, no, he meant, what is *wired* to the two NICs.