Ethernet Problem: SuSE10.0, RTL-8139/8139C, Netcomm NB5

[Kelly Jones]

Hello,


I'm a Linux beginner. The problem i have is not seeing internet pages in Linux SuSE 10.0, when all ethernet LEDs are lit on the modem, and ethernet connection works in WinXP.

Here is what i've tried:

- Wireless card is disabled in YaST

- Network card is configured in YaST (auto setup via DHCP).....Result is: YaST Saving Network Configuration hangs at "activate network services"

Readouts while hung are as follows:

- #ifconfig eth0:

eth0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E4:F3:0D:D5
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e4ff:fef3:dd5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:172 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1180 (1.1 Kb) TX bytes:17170 (16.7 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xc000


- #netstat -nrv:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
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 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0


- #dmesg | grep eth0:

eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe06cc000, 00:0a:e4:f3:0d:d5, IRQ 10
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT
IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.2 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=76
TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=56
[snip]


- #ping 192.168.1.1:

PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.657 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.648 ms
[snip]


- Netcomm EasyConfig works (entering http://192.168.1.1 into browser, PPPoE, userID, password, VPI, VCI) gets a green light


** Things i have not yet tried:
- disabling firewire in BIOS
- acpi=off in /boot/grub/menu.lst (Kernel line)
- static IP and subnet mask addresses in YaST setup
- modprobe 8139 [or other related driver modules]
- looking at /etc/resolv.conf
- turning off any SuSE firewall (AppArmor?)
- checking lspci readout (what is this for?)


Many thanks in advance for ideas on the probable cause.


Kelly Jones

[Kelly Jones]

Hello again,

The problem is almost resolved. Ethernet connection works, but only if:

#modprobe 8139too

.....each new boot. So, does anyone know how to get the eth0 interface working during the boot sequence?

(Other things that i did, was disabling AppArmor, auto DHCP, DNS1 and DNS2 in YaST (making sure the nameservers were both in /etc/resolv.conf)....)

Kelly Jones