[ltp] 770Z And Xircom PCMCIA NIC Problem

[Jim Harvey]

John Tilp wrote:
> Trying to get a Xircom CE3-10/100 PCMCIA Ethernet card to work
> on a 770Z. The card seems to be recognized - two beeps when
> booting, no errors in /var/log/messages, card is listed in
> /var/lib/pcmcia/stab as: 
> 
> Xircom CE3-10/100 Fast Ethernet  0  network xirc2ps_cs  0  eth0
> 
> and eth0 shows up as started when I /sbin/ifconfig but:
>   a) the light on the hub (switch) never comes on
>   b) when I ping 192.168.1.1 (known working host) the LED
>      on the dongle blinks but "Destination Host Unreachable"
> 
> Distro is RH 7.2 with kernel 2.4.7-10 and the card does work
> booting into another OS. Where can I learn more about what's
> going wrong?

Does the route command show a default route?
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  Jim Harvey - WB8NBS/9 - Naperville, Illinois - Linux on a Thinkpad 770Z