Hi, maybe this info may help you to instruct me a little better. I read through the readme file again and I wonder if more of it might be pertinent. I setup the network information as per 2b DHCP, and I thought that was all that was needed. Maybe I have to do more, so have a look and see if I am causing the problem.
you sent your email to my personal address again. that's not good, since nobody else on this list will see it. please use the list address for replies. perhaps david is correct and it really is a module problem, in which case the readme of your ethernet controller would be useful. i still suspect it's the configuration of your route and DNS resolution, though. we can find out what's happening if you post the output of the following two commands: arp -n cat /etc/resolv.conf and for good measure, you can add the output of these two commands again: ifconfig route -n before configuring your network via yast. that should show if your network is working at all or not. -- phani. [lengthy readme file follows below]
<Linux device driver for Realtek Ethernet controllers>
This is the Linux device driver released for RealTek RTL8101E, RTL8102E(L) and RTL8103E(L), the Fast Ethernet controller with PCI-Express interface.
<Requirements>
- kernel source tree (supported Linux kernel 2.6.x and 2.4.x) - For linux kernel 2.4.x, this driver supports linux kernel 2.4.20 and latter. - compiler/binutils for kernel compilation
<Quick install with proper kernel settings> Check whether the built-in driver, r8169.ko (or r8169.o for kernel 2.4.x), is installed. # lsmod | grep r8169
If it is installed, please remove it. # rmmod r8169 note: If the built-in driver cannot removed by rmmod, please edit /etc/modprobe.conf and comment 'alias eth0 r8169'. Then, remmove it again or reboot your computer.
Unpack the tarball : # tar vjxf r8101-1.aaa.bb.tar.bz2
Change to the directory: # cd r8101-1.aaa.bb
If you are running the target kernel, then you should be able to do :
# make clean modules (as root or with sudo) # make install # depmod -a # modprobe r8101
You can check whether the driver is loaded by using following
commands.
# lsmod | grep r8101 # ifconfig -a
If there is a device name, ethX, shown on the monitor, the linux driver is loaded. Then, you can use the following command to activate the ethX.
# ifconfig ethX
,where X=0,1,2,...
<Set the network related information> 1. Set manually a. Set the IP address of your machine.
# ifconfig ethX "the IP address of your machine"
b. Set the IP address of DNS.
Insert the following configuration in /etc/resolv.conf.
nameserver "the IP address of DNS"
c. Set the IP address of gateway.
# route add default gw "the IP address of gateway"
2. Set by doing configurations in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts /ifcfg-ethX for Redhat and Fedora, or /etc/sysconfig/network /ifcfg-ethX for SuSE. There are two examples to set network configurations.
a. Fixed IP address: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static ONBOOT=yes TYPE=ethernet NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPADDR=192.168.1.1 GATEWAY=192.168.1.254 BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
b. DHCP: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes
<Modify the MAC address> There are two ways to modify the MAC address of the NIC. 1. Use ifconfig:
# ifconfig ethX hw ether YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY
,where X is the device number assigned by Linux kernel, and YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY is the MAC address assigned by the user.
2. Use ip:
# ip link set ethX address YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY
,where X is the device number assigned by Linux kernel, and YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY is the MAC address assigned by the user.
<Force Link Status>
1. Force the link status when insert the driver.
If the user is in the path ~/r8101, the link status can be forced to one of the 4 modes as following command.
# insmod ./src/r8101.ko speed=SPEED_MODE duplex=DUPLEX_MODE autoneg=NWAY_OPTION
,where SPEED_MODE = 100 for 100Mbps = 10 for 10Mbps DUPLEX_MODE = 0 for half-duplex = 1 for full-duplex NWAY_OPTION = 0 for auto-negotiation off (true force) = 1 for auto-negotiation on (nway force) For example:
# insmod ./src/r8101.ko speed=100 duplex=0 autoneg=1
will force PHY to operate in 100Mpbs Half-duplex(nway force).
2. Force the link status by using ethtool. a. Insert the driver first. b. Make sure that ethtool exists in /sbin. c. Force the link status as the following command.
# ethtool -s ethX speed SPEED_MODE duplex DUPLEX_MODE autoneg NWAY_OPTION
,where SPEED_MODE = 100 for 100Mbps = 10 for 10Mbps DUPLEX_MODE = half for half-duplex = full for full-duplex NWAY_OPTION = off for auto-negotiation off (true force) = on for auto-negotiation
on (nway force)
For example:
# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg on
will force PHY to operate in 100Mpbs Full-duplex(nway force).
<Jumbo Frame> RTL8101E, RTL8102E and RTL8103E do not support Jumbo Frame.
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