[ltp] More EtherJet troubles...

Robert Hajime Lanning linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Mon, 6 Mar 2000 10:53:26 -0800 (PST)


Recompile the kernel without multicast capabilities.

Your ifconfig eth0 is showing the MULTICAST flag is on.  This doesn't work
with the EtherJet.

---- As written by David Booss:
> 
> I managed to setup my IBM EtherJet 10/100 CardBus adapter, but it can
> neither send nor recieve packets. I configured /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
> and /etc/pcmcia/config. 
> 
> When I run cardctl status 0 I get:
> "3.3V cardbus card present
>  Function 0: ready"
> 
> After that, when I try to ping 192.168.0.2 (on my local network), I get
> timeouts.
> 
> When I run /etc/pcmcia/network start eth0, I get no errors.
> 
> Now, when I try to ping 192.168.0.2, I don't get anything at all - not
> even timeouts.
> 
> When I now run ifconfig eth0, I get:
> eth0	Link encap: Ethernet  HWaddr: 00:06:29:52:AD:59
> 	inet addr:192.168.0.4  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> 	UP BRODCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500 Metric:1
> 	RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> 	TX packets:0 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> 	collisions:0 etxqueuelen:100
> 	Interrupt:3 Base address:0x200
> 
> I am running this on a ThinkPad i1560 with SlackWare 7 installed. The
> card is in socket 0. I am using the tulip_cb driver. Here is my
> /etc/pcmcia/config entry for the card:
> 
> card "IBM EtherJet Cardbus Adapter 10/100"
>   manfid 0x00a4, 0x0113
>   bind "tulip_cb" to 0, "serial_cb" to 1
> 
> I can get the "link" LED, and occasionally the transmit one (they are
> probably collisions), but I'm still not getting packets.
> 
> Any help with this would be great. Thanks!
> 
> BTW - I've checked MANY PCMCIA How-To's and lots of i series pages. None
> have helped much.
> 
> -- 
> David Booss
> geeks404 Webmaster
> Geek Linux Founder
> webmaster@geeks404.com
> http://www.geeks404.com/
> ICQ: #25832711
> ----- The Linux ThinkPad mailing list -----
> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> http://www.bm-soft.com/~bm/tp_mailing.html
> 


-- 
/* Robert Hajime Lanning                             lanning@lanning.cc
** Trade: Unix Systems Administrator (Senior level)
*/
#include <std_disclaimer.h>
----- The Linux ThinkPad mailing list -----
The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
http://www.bm-soft.com/~bm/tp_mailing.html