Message-ID: <01C06FA1.0FC413A0@andrew.plus.net> From: Andrew Smith <andrew@andrewsmith.plus.com> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 01:05:07 -0000 Subject: RE: [SLE] Strange Network Probs Ah ha! Never mind - I managed to get it workin... for some reason the NIC wanted to use IRQ 5 (the 3COM setup util found that out). Now linux detectes it under IRQ5 instead of IRQ10 as before. Strange... :o) -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Smith [SMTP:andrew@andrewsmith.plus.com] Sent: 26 December 2000 16:52 To: SuSE Linux Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: [SLE] Strange Network Probs Hi I have 3 machines: ANDREW - Win95 - 3C905B PCI NIC - 192.168.10.20 ALPHA - Win95 - 3C509B ISA NIC - 192.168.10.15 TAU - SuSE 6.1 - 3C509B ISA NIC - 192.168.10.2 Lets ignore ALPHA for now to make things a bit simpler... ANDREW and TAU are connected via a 10BaseT hub. I had problems with TAU using the BNC port instead, although this was fixed by a 3COM DOS utility. Now, both lights on my hub light up. Both machines boot fine and the network driver module is loaded on TAU. My problem now is that all network traffic (including ping) doesnt 'work'. Pinging from TAU to ANDREW results in a 100% packet loss, even though both lights on the hub flash. Pinging from ANDREW to TAU results in four "Request timed out" messages, but this time, only ANDREW's light flashes on the hub. I have made sure ipchains is flushed and input, forward and output all allowed. I have also made sure the firewall (ZoneAlarm) on ANDREW is disabled. I want to be able to use TAU as a internet gateway & firewall (I know how to do that) but that aint gonna happen till this is fixed! ANDREW and ALPHA can talk to eachother & share files fine. I did have ALPHA and TAU connected via BNC and working fine until it just stopped working one day (with the same problem). Incidently, it stopped working at the same time the CMOS got wiped (left TAU switched on but unplugged, (AFIK) thus draining the CMOS battery). And yes, I have made sure PnP BIOS Auto Config has been disabled :) And it's not a problem with the NICs as I have a number of them, all of which cause the same symptoms. Any help would be very gratefully appreciated, Many Thanks, <p><p>Andrew Smith :o) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq