[Fwd: [ltp] No ethernet LAN with i1460]

[José Antonio Milke G.]

Sorry in case it was already posted back on the forum...

And one further note...I tried each of the 3C5* drivers, and none of them worked (when
booting up, it said again FAILED).

"José Antonio Milke G." wrote:

> Thanks for answering Michael.
> Well, first of all, I assume the cable is correct (it works and lights up under Win98,
> and it also lights up under Linux).
> I went to netconf as you suggested, and I previously entered all the info using
> linuxconf. I have Linux working on other machines, and I basically put the same
> information on all the machines (obviously I change the hostnames and IP addresses for
> each), but the only difference I see on my ThinkPad is that I have the field "Kernel
> module" empty on linuxconf. May this be the problem? If it is, do you know which value
> should it have? Should I try each in a trial/error?
> jamg
>
> Michael Herron wrote:
>
> > José Antonio Milke G. writes:
> >  > Hi:
> >  > I installed Red Hat 6.2 on my ThinkPad i1460, and I have a 3Com PCMCIA 10/100Mbs
> >  > card on it. My problem is that I cannot connect to the LAN:
> >  > When booting up, it "FAILED" on eth0 initialization, and then the PCMCIA
> >  > services get loaded, for which I hear to high pitched beeps, and the 100Mbs LED
> >  > on the cards cable gets lit.
> >  > However, when trying to ping to the LAN, it says "...Destination Host
> >  > Unreachable".
> >  > Then I tried:
> >  >     ifdown eth0
> >  >     ifup eth0
> >  > and pinged again, but obtaining the same results.
> >  >
> >  > Can someone please help me? (I am just a beginner, so I may be skipping
> >  > important steps).
> >
> > Make sure your network information (as root, run netconf) is correct.
> > Also make sure your ethernet cable works.  Seems silly, but this
> > caused problems for me at one point.
> >
> > mh

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