Re: ethernet problems on PM 8550


Subject: Re: ethernet problems on PM 8550
From: Robert Vogt IV (vogt@arborhost.com)
Date: Sat Sep 09 2000 - 10:31:16 MDT


    Mr. Newsom,

    This is interesting.

    I have set up YDL on several machines similar to a 8550, including a
7500, and have not had this problem. Perhaps you need to zap your PRAM and
find the enet driver for the onboard ethernet in /lib/modules/2.*-*/net/?

    Hope this helps.

                            Sincerely,

                            Robert Vogt IV
                            CEO
                            ArborHost

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>From: john.newsom@bsd405.com
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Subject: ethernet problems on PM 8550
>Date: Sat, Sep 9, 2000, 9:19 AM
>

> I am having a strange experience with eth0 on a Powermac 8550 workgroup
server,
> YDL CS 1.2.
>
> I get very inconsistent results when I use ifup eth0 to bring up my ethernet
> port. On bootup, it takes a long time to bring up the ethernet service, and
> when I finally get to the command line, and try to ping the network, no luck,
so
> I have to manually do the ifconfig, ifup, ifdown thing.
>
> For instance, ifconfig will confirm that the eth0 is up and broadcasting, but
I
> get no success when I ping a nearby server. So I give the ifup eth0 command,
> the machine thinks for a while, I get my command prompt back, now I can ping,
> but only using IP addresses. Do another ifup eth0, and sometimes I get name
> resolution, sometimes nothing!
>
> Could this just be a flaky ethernet card? On the back of the 8550 are both an
> rj45 jack, and an older trapedzoidal connection that requires a separate
> transciever.
>
> I am using DHCP, which works great on my PB G3 'lombard', and the various
config
> files are identical.
>
> John Newsom
>



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