Debian has no network, Knoppix does

**timmyson** · 12-22-2004

I'm trying to run Debian Woody, with 2.4.18, however, I can't get any network access with Debian. I was thinking hardware problems for some time, and then a friend of mine showed me Knoppix, with which I can access the internet, no problem. I need to get Debian working, though.

Here's everything I've done:
The driver is loaded from modules.conf:

Code:

...
tulip	#for SMC1244TX-CA card
&#91;eof&#93;

The interface gets brought up by interfaces

Code:

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup&#40;8&#41;, ifdown&#40;8&#41;

# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation
# &#40;network, broadcast and gateway are optional&#41;
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
	address 129.97.4.22
	netmask 255.255.255.0
	network 129.97.4.0
	broadcast 129.97.4.255
	gateway 129.97.4.1

Then I give it a check with ifconfig,

Code:

eth0      Link encap&#58;Ethernet  HWaddr 00&#58;11&#58;2F&#58;89&#58;55&#58;4F  
          inet addr&#58;129.97.4.22  Bcast&#58;129.97.4.255  Mask&#58;255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU&#58;1500  Metric&#58;1
          RX packets&#58;0 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 frame&#58;0
          TX packets&#58;0 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 carrier&#58;0
          collisions&#58;0 txqueuelen&#58;100 
          RX bytes&#58;0 &#40;0.0 b&#41;  TX bytes&#58;0 &#40;0.0 b&#41;
          Interrupt&#58;22 Memory&#58;feafc000-0 

lo        Link encap&#58;Local Loopback  
          inet addr&#58;127.0.0.1  Mask&#58;255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU&#58;16436  Metric&#58;1
          RX packets&#58;164 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 frame&#58;0
          TX packets&#58;164 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 carrier&#58;0
          collisions&#58;0 txqueuelen&#58;0 
          RX bytes&#58;10846 &#40;10.5 KiB&#41;  TX bytes&#58;10846 &#40;10.5 KiB&#41;

resolv.conf has all the right stuff

Code:

domain uwaterloo.ca #this line can be excluded, with apparently no consequence
nameserver 129.97.128.100
nameserver 129.97.128.10

I can check with mii-tool

Code:

eth0&#58; 100 Mbit, full duplex, link ok

And when I try to ping, it just hangs

Code:

lt-vi&#58;~# ping 129.97.4.1
PING 129.97.4.1 &#40;129.97.4.1&#41;&#58; 56 data bytes
&#91;CTRL-C&#93;
--- 129.97.4.1 ping statistics ---
16 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

Knoppix, however, works fine. There's a wizard that does most of the work, but it just generates all this stuff in the files. If I duplicate any of the above commands, I get the exact same result, whether with Debian, or Knoppix, except that Knoppix gives me full network access: pinging, telnetting, web-browsing etc.

My only idea is that it may be a driver problem, however Debian came with tulip driver, which I would have thought would be the final word on the matter. The driver from Knoppix was not transferable (which didn't surprise me, I think the Knoppix kernel is 2.4.26) and despite following online tulip compiling instructions to the letter, I have been unable to create a new one. Is this perhaps where I should concentrate my effort?

Could it be a buggy Debian install (this is install number 4, only the first one was verified buggy, and nothing seems to have changed with each subsequent reinstall)? The longer I spend on this, the more respect I have for Microsoft.

**UgoDeschamps** · 12-22-2004

Hi
you said you had error during installation

Originally Posted by timmyson

think the Knoppix kernel is 2.4.26) and despite following online tulip compiling instructions to the letter, I have been unable to create a new one.

Any error message came up with this unsuccesfull attempt?

Can you also give an idea of your network please?
router y/n
dhcp y/n
hub y/n
dynamic IP y/n

thanks

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