Vu Thai wrote: Vu Thai wrote:
Hi Donald & anyone else who could help a newbie,
We might have different versions of the A7N8X motherboards cause mine only has one 10/100 ports.
Hey Vu, I have two Asus NForce 2 A7n8x mobos. Both work fine. One is an earlier Deluxe model with all the goodies while the one I run suse Linux 9.0 is a newer, cheaper model that is a bit more stripped down, i.e. missing SDATA, and IEEE 1394 and you are right it does have only the one 10/100 port unlike my Deluxe mobo. When you boot press delete key at the prompt, (real quick) then under the advanced Tab Integrated Peripherals is Onboard Lan (Nvidia) it should be set to auto.
Here's a link for the motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-455&depa=1 The link light is on. I'm not sure if the port is enabled in the Bios? How do I check?
I also just found this thread: Re: http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2001/02/mjb_rtl8139_24.html I'm not quite sure how to apply it .... I guess... i'm not sure if the module 8139too
This is for the Realteck 8139 under Suse 7.1 The proper driver is as previously mentioned available at: http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nforce/1.0-0261/NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.su... You should download go to root, cd over in the command line and run this on your system. It has the drivers for all NForce 2 mobos. Do not be discouraged if you have to try again, apparently lot's of other people have had problems as well. Working from the command line can be daunting but be persistent. They may run from the GUI too I forget, I know the graphics drivers should not be run from the GUI. The NVidia supplied drivers btw are nearly always better than the OEM supplied Drivers because they are constantly being updated and improved. I have had great luck previously with Realtech on other systems and other Linuxs but hardware failure can happen. One more question did you mention that your system is dual booting Win XP? If so does the port work under Windows? If it does not work and the proper drivers are loaded I hate to tell you this but you may have a hardware problem. Recheck your cable, or better swap it out. Try a different port on your hub or router as well, be patient, reboot just to be on the safe side. If it still does not work I am stumped. For most supported hardware Suse Linux does a good job of hardware detection. At my job I am a Network Technician on a large mixed network. connectivity can be a real headache at times. more often that not such issues are caused by faulty hardware. If you can try swaping out parts and see if you can restore a network connection. Good luck and let me know how it turns out. Donald
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Correll"
To: Cc: Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Asus A7N8X Lan not recognized by Suse 9.0 Pro Hey Thiav, Re: Asus A7N8X connectivity: Your problem is most perplexing. I have the same setup and it worked great right out of the box. Have you checked to see if you have link lights and swapped the cable? Also since you have two 10/100 poerts have you tried both? Are they enabled in the Bios? My 3 Com Home Router and DLink Switch are sometimes a bit slow even balky when first connecting or after disconnecting and reconnecting but as you see I am on line. BTW I was not overwhelmed by Suse Support. Good Luck Donald