Why is my Firewire interfaces designated as an Etherenet interface?

Hi,
I've an AMD 64 PC. with integrated network and Firewire interfaces.
I've fresh installed on it, and fully updated, Mandriva 2006 X86_64 (64b
version). Mandriva continues to relate to the Firewire interface as eth1
(besides the "real", integrated, eth0), and configures this eth1 as IEEE
1394 IPv4 Driver (IPv4 over 1394).
AS eth0 gets its IP address by dhclient, dhclient also tries to communicate
with eth1, and fails. My regular Ethernet connection (eth0) is also
interrupted (fails every few minutes, and gets "revived" by running
dhclient). I've taken eth1 down, but this didn't solve the problem.
Needless to say, I don't have additional Ethernet cards installed.

Is this IPv4 over 1394 OK? How can I configure dhclient o leave out eth1?

TIA

Following find copies of:
a. lpci
b. dhclient response

==============lspci===============
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev
a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio
Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev
a3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev
a3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM
Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Miscellaneous Control
01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link
Layer Controller (rev 01)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200
TurboCache(TM) (rev a1)

==============dhclient================
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

eth1: unknown hardware address type 24
/sbin/dhclient-script: configuration for eth1 not found.
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
eth1: unknown hardware address type 24
Listening on LPF/eth1/
Sending on LPF/eth1/
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:18:62:ee
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:18:62:ee
Sending on Socket/fallback
receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 10.0.0.138
bound to 10.0.0.1 -- renewal in 461876 seconds.

Michael Badt <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

>Hi,
>I've an AMD 64 PC. with integrated network and Firewire interfaces.
>I've fresh installed on it, and fully updated, Mandriva 2006 X86_64 (64b
>version). Mandriva continues to relate to the Firewire interface as eth1
>(besides the "real", integrated, eth0), and configures this eth1 as IEEE
>1394 IPv4 Driver (IPv4 over 1394).
>AS eth0 gets its IP address by dhclient, dhclient also tries to communicate
>with eth1, and fails. My regular Ethernet connection (eth0) is also
>interrupted (fails every few minutes, and gets "revived" by running
>dhclient). I've taken eth1 down, but this didn't solve the problem.
>Needless to say, I don't have additional Ethernet cards installed.

>Is this IPv4 over 1394 OK? How can I configure dhclient o leave out eth1?

It does not do anything without you telling it to (or rather some file
telling it to. ) Eg look for /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
with a dhcp line in it.
I suspect thatyour eth0 has other problems. What is it connected to? Where
is it getting its dhcp from? A local machine or a remote machine?

Also look in /etc/modprobe.conf for an eth1 line.


>TIA

>Following find copies of:
>a. lpci
>b. dhclient response

>==============lspci===============
>00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev
>a3)
>00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
>00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
>00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
>00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
>00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio
>Controller (rev a2)
>00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev a2)
>00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev
>a3)
>00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev
>a3)
>00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
>00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
>00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>HyperTransport Technology Configuration
>00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>Address Map
>00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM
>Controller
>00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>Miscellaneous Control
>01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link
>Layer Controller (rev 01)
>05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200
>TurboCache(TM) (rev a1)

>==============dhclient================
>Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
>Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
>All rights reserved.
>For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

>eth1: unknown hardware address type 24
>/sbin/dhclient-script: configuration for eth1 not found.
>SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
>SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
>eth1: unknown hardware address type 24
>Listening on LPF/eth1/
>Sending on LPF/eth1/
>Listening on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:18:62:ee
>Sending on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:18:62:ee
>Sending on Socket/fallback
>receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is down
>DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
>send_packet: Network is down
>DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
>DHCPACK from 10.0.0.138
>bound to 10.0.0.1 -- renewal in 461876 seconds.

Thnaks Unruh
The problem was that lisa was running, and its known to have problems on 64b
machines (I've an Athlon 64b PC). Stopping lisa solved my problems.

Anyway, from other forums on the Internet, I've learned that indeed,
configuring IPv4 over Firewire is common.

Just to answer your questions: my eth0 is connected to a LAN. An ADSL
router, connected to same LAN (IP 10.0.0.138) acts as a gateway to the
Internet.

Thanks

Unruh wrote:

> Michael Badt <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
>>Hi,
>>I've an AMD 64 PC. with integrated network and Firewire interfaces.
>>I've fresh installed on it, and fully updated, Mandriva 2006 X86_64 (64b
>>version). Mandriva continues to relate to the Firewire interface as eth1
>>(besides the "real", integrated, eth0), and configures this eth1 as IEEE
>>1394 IPv4 Driver (IPv4 over 1394).
>>AS eth0 gets its IP address by dhclient, dhclient also tries to
>>communicate with eth1, and fails. My regular Ethernet connection (eth0) is
>>also interrupted (fails every few minutes, and gets "revived" by running
>>dhclient). I've taken eth1 down, but this didn't solve the problem.
>>Needless to say, I don't have additional Ethernet cards installed.
>
>>Is this IPv4 over 1394 OK? How can I configure dhclient o leave out eth1?
>
> It does not do anything without you telling it to (or rather some file
> telling it to. ) Eg look for /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> with a dhcp line in it.
> I suspect thatyour eth0 has other problems. What is it connected to? Where
> is it getting its dhcp from? A local machine or a remote machine?
>
> Also look in /etc/modprobe.conf for an eth1 line.
>
>
>>TIA
>
>>Following find copies of:
>>a. lpci
>>b. dhclient response
>
>>==============lspci===============
>>00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev
>>a3)
>>00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
>>00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
>>00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
>>00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
>>00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio
>>Controller (rev a2)
>>00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev a2)
>>00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev
>>a3)
>>00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev
>>a3)
>>00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
>>00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
>>00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>>00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>>00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>>00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>>00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>>HyperTransport Technology Configuration
>>00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>>Address Map
>>00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>>DRAM Controller
>>00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>>Miscellaneous Control
>>01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link
>>Layer Controller (rev 01)
>>05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200
>>TurboCache(TM) (rev a1)
>
>>==============dhclient================
>>Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
>>Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
>>All rights reserved.
>>For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
>
>>eth1: unknown hardware address type 24
>>/sbin/dhclient-script: configuration for eth1 not found.
>>SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
>>SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
>>eth1: unknown hardware address type 24
>>Listening on LPF/eth1/
>>Sending on LPF/eth1/
>>Listening on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:18:62:ee
>>Sending on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:18:62:ee
>>Sending on Socket/fallback
>>receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is down
>>DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
>>send_packet: Network is down
>>DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
>>DHCPACK from 10.0.0.138
>>bound to 10.0.0.1 -- renewal in 461876 seconds.