Will not configure NIC at all.

**technogeek** · 08-09-2005, 05:12 PM

I have an HP here and the on board NIC was damaged by a power surge. I installed a card I had laying around (Kingston KNE100TX) and the network has been working fine since. When I boot from the CD, it will hang at the DCHP detect line and lock up. I can boot all the way to the desktop if I use the "nodhcp" option but if I try to configure it from there it will lock up too. It says it detects eth0 but I believe that may be the old bad card. It is disabled in the BIOS thought so it should not show up. Does anybody know a way to get it to run with network? I am baffled. I am a newbie at Linux but have been doing networking for years. Mostly in WiNdErZ.

**UnderScore** · 08-09-2005, 05:56 PM

Here is a thread where I helped a person first identify the NIC, then make sure the proper driver is loaded, then configure the NIC.
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...?p=86141#86141

You will need to run each these commands into command line window:

Code:

dmesg | grep -i eth

This will tell you what was detected on bootup.

Code:

lspci

This will list all the PCI devices. Examine this list to see if there are 2 ethernet adapters listed.

Code:

lsmod | sort

this will list the drivers that are loaded. The kingston NIC will use a driver named 'tulip'. I do not know what driver the on board NIC will use, so any appropriate info from the 'lspci' step would be helpful.

Code:

ifconfig -a

This will list all network devices, both configured and unconfigured.

If possible please write down any output that might be appropriate. Or if possible please snap a digital photo of the output and upload it to http://imageshack.us/

**technogeek** · 08-10-2005, 09:11 PM

I will try this out and see what happens. Like I said, I am kind of new to Linux but do understand networking. That's why I want to run this thing as often as possible so I can start learning more about Linux.

Thanks again,
Technogeek