Networking fails after kernel change

[ytinrete]

Hi, I am trying to get a small cluster running on some HP 4200 work stations. My version of the clustering software requires the 2.4.27 kernel. It requires that I use the vanilla kernel (ie the official from kernel.org). I downloaded the source for my kernel version and compiled it, ( as directed by the tldp.org how to ) with all network services enabled, and with support for my NIC built in. However I can not connect to any external device after the update.

Things I know

the NIC is configured with a static IP and it comes up just fine with the specified IP, gateway etc....

I can ping and ssh the loop back device successfully.

I cannot ping anything external to the machine - destination host unreachable

working machines on the same lan cannot ping its network card

Machine configuration

RH9 ( starts as the 2.4.20-8 kernel )

Broadcom 57** NIC ( configured with either the tg3 driver or bcm5700.o )
the NIC seems to be working.

TIA for any help.

ytinrete

[cjl7]

Hi,

Can you post the result of the following;

ifconfig -a
lsmod
route -n

Thanks

Jonas

[ytinrete]

here's the info you asked for

ifconfig
192.168.1.12 Bcast 192.168.1.255 Mask 255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

lo
127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436: Metric:1

ismod command not found

route

192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.10 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0


these are running through a router ( SuSE 9.1 ) the router works well as I can talk out before the kernel updates, and bittorent screams through it

thanks
ytinrete

[sarumont]

If you have identical machines, just compare the outputs of the commands that you posted with the same commands on a working machine. You may have made a typo somewhere?

Also...the command is not 'ismod'. It is 'lsmod' as in "EL-ES-MOD".

[ytinrete]

lmod returned no values. thnx for the correction

I integrated the TG3 driver into the kernel, but I should see some modules loaded as not every thing was so lucky. Strange

as for the compare and contrast.

I have tried to do what you have suggested to no avail. In fact the network settings before and after the kernel update are identical

What is more an identical machine running a RH9 standered kernel (2.4.20- using similer settings (except the IP) can connect just fine.

thnx
ytinrete

[ytinrete]

Thnx to those who tried to help. However I have fixed it. I switched to Slackware

It's kinda like, how NASA spent 10 years and millions of dollars developing a pen that can write in zero G, while the Russians used a pencil

ytinrete