very strange ethernet problem!
Dear all, I have a really strange ethernet problem that has already mystified more experienced guys than me in the Linux world, but here it is... I am running a dual boot XP/Suse 8.1 on a Toshiba Satellite S255 and an RTL 8139/8139C/8139C+. Initially everything was ok and both XP and SuSe were running just fine. But then suddently and without any changes in the configuration the internet was not reachable anymore on SuSE even though the lights are blinking and the card is up (this was about 2 months ago). Under XP immediately after boot the internet is also unreachable but then after XP negotiatiates for about a minute or it can connect to net and everything works well. Now I have tried connecting my laptop to various LANs, both DCHP and fixed IP, and also tried a DSL modem at home. It does exactly the same everywhere EXCEPT that yesterday I tried it on one DHCP hub in College and it worked under SuSE right away. Needless to say once I got back home it wouldn't connect to the network anymore. I have tried another card as well but that was a disaster because SuSE didn't recognize it and I didn't know how to configure it manually. I have also installed SuSE in VMware 4.0 where through the bridged network thingy it connects to the internet just fine using XP. (I'd rather not have to use VMware and would much rather be ablet to connect to the network straight from my SuSE partition). Please let me know of any ideas or suggestions you might have!! Thanks, j. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
On 06/20/2003 06:07 PM, James Philp wrote:
I am running a dual boot XP/Suse 8.1 on a Toshiba Satellite S255 and an RTL 8139/8139C/8139C+. Initially everything was ok and both XP and SuSe were running just fine.
But then suddently and without any changes in the configuration the internet was not reachable anymore on SuSE even though the lights are blinking and the card is up (this was about 2 months ago). Under XP immediately after boot the internet is also unreachable but then after XP negotiatiates for about a minute or it can connect to net and everything works well.
My experience with an XP laptop on our network was it seemed to reject the previous IP it used and always forced to use up all the IPs in my dhcp range, so I had to give it a fixed IP address. I suspect this is the problem, because I know the ISC dhcp server is set to if possible give the same address to the same MAC address. Therefore, I suspect the DHCP client. Do you use dhcpcd? Try replacing it with the ISC dhclient.
I have also installed SuSE in VMware 4.0 where through the bridged network thingy it connects to the internet just fine using XP. (I'd rather not have to use VMware and would much rather be ablet to connect to the network straight from my SuSE partition).
This would definitely suggest the hardware is working fine, and the dchp client is the problem.
Please let me know of any ideas or suggestions you might have!!
Try replacing the client with dhclient. I have had problems with dhcpcd, but dhclient has worked flawlessly for me for 3+ years. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
Thanks, but I'm a bit puzzled. I'm not a Linux expert but right now it doesn't work on the College network which uses a fixed IP. Why would the DHCP client have anything to do with it? j. --- "Joe Morris (NTM)" <Joe_Morris@ntm.org> wrote:
On 06/20/2003 06:07 PM, James Philp wrote:
I am running a dual boot XP/Suse 8.1 on a Toshiba Satellite S255 and an RTL 8139/8139C/8139C+. Initially everything was ok and both XP and SuSe were running just fine.
But then suddently and without any changes in the configuration the internet was not reachable anymore on SuSE even though the lights are blinking and the card is up (this was about 2 months ago). Under XP immediately after boot the internet is also unreachable but then after XP negotiatiates for about a minute or it can connect to net and everything works well.
My experience with an XP laptop on our network was it seemed to reject the previous IP it used and always forced to use up all the IPs in my dhcp range, so I had to give it a fixed IP address. I suspect this is the problem, because I know the ISC dhcp server is set to if possible give the same address to the same MAC address. Therefore, I suspect the DHCP client. Do you use dhcpcd? Try replacing it with the ISC dhclient.
I have also installed SuSE in VMware 4.0 where through the bridged network thingy it connects to the internet just fine using XP. (I'd rather not have to use VMware and would much rather be ablet to connect to the network straight from my SuSE partition).
This would definitely suggest the hardware is working fine, and the dchp client is the problem.
Please let me know of any ideas or suggestions you might have!!
Try replacing the client with dhclient. I have had problems with dhcpcd, but dhclient has worked flawlessly for me for 3+ years.
-- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
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