onboard NIC

**replica9000** · 12-14-2003, 08:40 PM

Knoppix used to work just fine on my ECS mainboard, but now i have upgraded to a Soyo KT333 Dragon Plus. It detects eth0 fine, but DHCP doesn't work. I;ve tried entering the IP and all that manually, and it still doesn't connect. Anyone know what the problem could be?

**activeco** · 12-14-2003, 09:26 PM

What do you mean by "dhcp", client or server?
Are you behind a router or do you have a direct connection to internet?

**replica9000** · 12-15-2003, 06:48 AM

I'm behind a router, i would be the DHCP client

**Harry Kuhman** · 12-15-2003, 07:07 AM

Try booting Knoppix with the noapic option. Also, try booting then open a shell and enter "sudo mii-tools -r" then run "netcardconfig" and see if dhcp works (if it still doesn't, see if you can configure it manually, also done in netcardconfig).

**activeco** · 12-15-2003, 09:44 AM

edit: sorry, double post.

**activeco** · 12-15-2003, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by activeco

Originally Posted by replica9000

I'm behind a router, i would be the DHCP client

Don't forget to add the PC again in the router (software side).

**replica9000** · 12-15-2003, 10:10 PM

Still no luck. the no apic option seems to make no difference. I even manually put in the IP, netmask, etc...

Knoppix says it detects eth0, could it be detecting it wrong??

**Harry Kuhman** · 12-15-2003, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by replica9000

Still no luck. the no apic option seems to make no difference. I even manually put in the IP, netmask, etc...

Knoppix says it detects eth0, could it be detecting it wrong??

Let's figure out what's working and what's not. You say you're behind a router, would that be a home cable/DSL router/switch like the Linksys? Do you have other computers on your network? Can you ping the router or the other computers? What happens when you try to do a netcardconfig? Any error message?

**replica9000** · 12-15-2003, 10:56 PM

The computer doesn't see the router at all. When I use netcardconfig and let it use DHCP, it just fails. so I enter in all the numbers manually, and it tells me the network is unreachable. Oh and yeah it's a Linksys Cable/DSL router. I've even tried directly pluging the PC into the modem, still nothing. Everything ran fine on my ECS board.