netcardconfig?

**Zak** · 08-29-2003, 10:48 PM

SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (connecter is RJ-45)

sudo ifconfig looks like this>

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ sudo ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX

packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:400 (400.0 b) TX

bytes:400 (400.0 b)

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$

**Zak** · 08-30-2003, 09:30 AM

think I see the problem, I entered the command ifconfig -a, the return shows

Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00

I think this is my MAC Address (physical address) and the string of 12 zeros
shows it's missing, also, this was the only address that was NOT asked for when
I set up the connection, I'm sure this is it, but how do I enter the MAC address
manually, I have the 12 digit string.

here's the return for ifconfig -a

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST

MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:982 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0

overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:59790 (58.3 KiB) TX bytes:1710 (1.6 KiB)

Interrupt:3 Base address:0xd800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX

packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:400 (400.0 b) TX

bytes:400 (400.0 b)

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$

**ferreter** · 08-30-2003, 05:41 PM

Nah, the lo stands for loopback which is a local only address used for testing. Your network card is not getting detected and the module is not getting loaded. If you do a 'sudo lsmod' command we can see which modules are getting loaded. Also do a 'sudo lspci' (both w/o the quotes) to find out exactly how linux is seeing your network card.

Unfortunately I wouldn't know how to install this card from the live CD. Anyone else able to assist?

**Zak** · 08-30-2003, 06:26 PM

yes, ferreter my brother, I can see the card needs to get detected, but I don't think it's gonna happen, will run those commands & post back here, (probably after much beer) maybe a eureka moment will ensue! can I add that using windows the same thing happens nothing connects until I input the MAC address, from the moment the MAC is entered everything fires up.

**Zak** · 08-30-2003, 07:33 PM

lsmod

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ sudo lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
autofs4 8724 1 (autoclean)
af_packet 13448 0 (autoclean)
ext3 62912 0 (autoclean)
jbd 45716 0 (autoclean) [ext3]
nls_iso8859-1 2876 1 (autoclean)
nls_cp437 4380 1 (autoclean)
agpgart 34592 0 (unused)
cmpci 33428 0
soundcore 3364 4 [cmpci]
sis900 12460 0
serial 51844 0 (autoclean)
usb-ohci 18152 0 (unused)
usbcore 57376 1 [usb-ohci]
apm 9768 2
rtc 6908 0 (autoclean)
cloop 7940 2
knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$

...........

lspci

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ sudo lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 730 Host (rev 02)
00:00.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513
00:01.1 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet (rev 82)
00:01.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB Controller (rev 07)
00:01.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB Controller (rev 07)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 530 Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR] (rev b2)
knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$

**Stephen** · 08-30-2003, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by Zak

yes, ferreter my brother, I can see the card needs to get detected, but I don't think it's gonna happen, will run those commands & post back here, (probably after much beer) maybe a eureka moment will ensue! can I add that using windows the same thing happens nothing connects until I input the MAC address, from the moment the MAC is entered everything fires up.

I took a quick look at man interfaces there seems to be a couple of ways to set the MAC address you may want to try hwaddress ether mac_address_needed as a line in your interfaces file for the eth0 maybe with the pre-up command included as well on the line.

**Zak** · 09-16-2003, 10:36 AM

tried to add the line " hwaddress ether mac_address_needed " to the interfaces file, but wasn't allowed, keep getting " you do not have write permission". I guess because I'm using the evaluation CD. Is there a way around this?

**Zak** · 09-16-2003, 12:39 PM

Finally, I'm connected. I swapped the NIC connection on the modem to a USB connection,
when I ran ifconfig -a it showed the HWaddr had been assigned and I got online straight away.
Thanks to everyone who responded in this thread.

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40

x:7E:76:17
inet addr:82.35.xxx.67 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.248.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:117047 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:826 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:7514486 (7.1 MiB) TX bytes:120197 (117.3 KiB)