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Ethernet card wont activate
TheQuirk:
I probably don't know what I'm talking about, but you should try turning off PnP in the BIOS.
mobrien_12:
Cat, what do you mean by "won't activate." Does kudzu recognize the card and install the correct kernel module?
/sbin/lsmod|grep 3c59x
If so, have you tried running "netconfig"?
RudeCat7:
You wont FUCKINGbelieve this!!!
Everything was o.k. from the start! The only thing that kept me from connecting is that, my toshiba cable modem remembers the previous IP, so you can't just plug in another box and have it assign you a new IP.
SOLUTION: Unplug your Toshiba cable modem for a minute or so. Then plug in the new system and boot up! Everything runs smoooooooth after that!!!!!!!!
Anyhow, thanks Void Main, and everybody else. I don't think anybody could have guessed that it was something so stooooopid like this.
I got this idea from "Linux Complete", Sybex Inc.
:D :mad: :D :mad: :D :mad: :D
Now I can get back to trying out RH 8.0. What a loooong day!!!
[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: RudeCat7 ]
voidmain:
Actually I *should* have suggested trying that if you hadn't. It's something I would have tried without thinking about it. But my cable modem doesn't behave like that which is another reason I probably didn't think to suggest it.
I also have had my old P100 Linux box plugged directly into my modem acting as a router/firewall and have not plugged any other machine into it since the day it was hooked except for testing the initial connection testing. And that was over a year ago. All my other machines plug into Ethernet switches which point to that Linux box rather than the modem directly.
Glad to hear you got it working!
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