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Bug 49677 - 2004.1 Min Install disk could not get on the network using Intel PRO/100 NIC
Summary: 2004.1 Min Install disk could not get on the network using Intel PRO/100 NIC
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 49230
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers
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Reported: 2004-05-02 00:44 UTC by Benjamin Paul
Modified: 2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description Benjamin Paul 2004-05-02 00:44:44 UTC 
I just downloaded the new 2004.1 min install.  It looks great but I was unable to get on the network with my built in Intel PRO/100 NIC.  I tryed net-setup with no luck.  I had the same problem with the 2004.0 version but I was able to add a linksys LNE100TX and got the system on line.  This did not work with the 2004.1.  For what its worth this a new Dell 4600 with that Intel NIC built in, a pretty common box.  

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot using 2004.1 min install disk
2.try net-setup and /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart 
3.ping something

Actual Results:  
the ping can not resolve the domain name, i.e. no network connection.  The
NIC(s) are not working properly/

Expected Results:  
Maybe add e100.o support to the 2004.1 disk?
Comment 1 roger55 (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-05-02 03:37:45 UTC 
Does it work if you manually: modprobe eepro100 ?

It looks like hardware detection isn't as good as it used to be. We're looking into this.

roger55
Comment 2 Benjamin Paul 2004-05-09 19:21:45 UTC 
> Does it work if you manually: modprobe eepro100 ?
I just tryed this with no luck.  I am using e100 because eepro100 doesn't work.  I am using DHCP and when I used eepro100 it grabs a bad IP address and fails to work.

Let me know if you would like me to try something else.
Comment 3 Benjamin Paul 2004-05-09 20:10:37 UTC 
After some more testing I found that I CAN use eepro100 (and am right now) but I still can't get on the net with the liveCD.  Below is a portion of the ifconfig output from the liveCD after I add eepro100 and restart net.eth0:

eth0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-02-3C-00-21-06-F9-2A-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet addr:192.168.0.2  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


Here is what I have working:
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:F1:94:7A:5B
          inet addr:192.168.0.4  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:f1ff:fe94:7a5b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:216 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:113448 (110.7 Kb)  TX bytes:25351 (24.7 Kb)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xddc0

Everything looks right except for the first line.  I can see why I can't get to the internet now, it is not being identify it as ethernet and no MAC address.  I hope this is of some help.
Comment 4 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-05-11 21:36:21 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 49230 ***