Subject: FIXED !! (was: Re: Newbie: PM8500 ..ethernet prob.)
From: BX (Bitch_Trix@mac.com)
Date: Fri Mar 23 2001 - 15:18:45 MST
At 15:37 -0800 3/22/01, BX wrote:
Gah! Finally! after trying everything under the sun, and having all kinds
of funky looking IPs and DNS servera ans the like all over the settings, it
now works. - The solution - Take the hub out. I did i direct connection
between the PC with the DSL to the Mac with a crossover cable, and it
strangely started working. Good for that, but that took my other mac out of
the network. Getting the hub to work with it now is a big, but not really
important now project, since I can get online with it now.
Thanks for your help all. 8-)
>At 3:05 PM -0500 3/22/01, Sean Riley wrote:
>
>>Looks like you have it right........ Although as root the ifconfig eth0 up
>>or down shouldn't bark at you. Look in /var/log/messages to see that the
>>ethernet interface was picked up properly
>
>
>Well, nothing seems to be working, i do appreciate your trying though.
>
>From what I can tell, something isnt jivving with the eth0.
>
>on ifconfig eth0 gives me a "warning, cant find PHY"..
>
>Who is this PHY guy and why is he hiding? 8-)
>
>I assume its saying it cannot find the PHYsical device...
>Its a newer G4 400 with the gigabit ethernet - might this be the logjam?
>
>Pinging the IP i get for my machine from the hub on the mac side, 192.168.0
>2, works from both Mac and from Linux.
>pinging the router (hub) address, 192.168.0.1, works fine on the mac, but
>not from linux.
>
>Simple assumption is Linux isnt talking to the eth port or something is
>jamming it along the way....
>
>What a bitch....
>
>>But you shouldn't have to reinstall again to fiddle with the settings.
>
>Seems if i try to fiddle with the settings using netcfg from X, and exit,
>it usually ends up locking up (mebbe it needs 5 minutes or so) to try to
>shut down. I force a reboot - after it comes back up and from then on out,
>startup will always be excruciatingly slow (hanging forever on configuring
>sendmail and then httpd (whatever the spelling) - with the latter usually
>giving me a failed. Everything else creeps along after that. Takes x about
>3 minutes to start up.
>
>A reinstall speeds it back along..
>
>SIGH - i really really need to find a goos basic Linux book that covers
>basic stuff like configuration, commands, etc.
>
>--
>BX
>--
>"If it bites you, kill it. If you kill it, eat it. If it makes a pass
>at you, seek advice, and wear protection..."
>.
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