[ltp] No ethernet LAN with i1460

[José Antonio Milke G.]

Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately what you say suggests (I think) that it may not be an
easy solution)...
Tony

David Claessens wrote:

> It did the same with me
> It beeped also twice
> Then I tought it was my network settings but just by plugging in
> another networkcard I could do everything
> I think your pcmcia is working since it is beeping (don't know it's the tp or the OS)
>
> David Claessens
>
> "José Antonio Milke G." wrote:
>
> > Well, thanks for the bad news :-). Seriously, what confuses me is that the pcmcia
> > driver supposedly loads ok (it makes 2 beeps), and then the card goes to 100mbs mode
> > (that's what the LED indicates, as in Win98). So maybe I thought this was working ok.
> > Do you know if there is a way to check the pcmcia installation and the ethernet
> > configuration separately? (I still hope I am not far from a solution).
> > jamg
> >
> > David Claessens wrote:
> >
> > > I have had also problems with some 3com cards
> > > After my xircom got broke, I got two 3coms-cards from a friend
> > > If I insert them both they work fine
> > > But one of them just won't work alone
> > > the 3com models are
> > > 3CCFE575CT-D (the troublemaker)
> > > 3CCFE75BT wich I'm using right now to connect to the net
> > >
> > > I think the problem lies somewhere that some models aren't supported (yet)
> > > The same happened with with a buddy of mine on his desktop machine
> > > He had a 3Com 3C905Cxxx
> > > And he found out on the RedHat site that model currently wasn't supported
> > > oh yeah and the FAILED at booting is normal, I have this also
> > >
> > > David Claessens
> > >
> > > "José Antonio Milke G." wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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).
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > Tony
> > > >
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