[tulip-bug] Confusing problems with Linksys 10/100 fast ethernet card

[Jason Weber]

Hi,

I've read just about all the archives of this list and tried almost 
everything and still can't get my card to work. Here is a synopsis of 
what is going on:

[root@localhost i386]# rpm -Uvh netdrivers-3.0-1.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### 
[100%]
package netdrivers-3.0-1 is already installed
[root@localhost i386]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
sr_mod                 15264   0  (autoclean)
ide-cd                 26848   0  (autoclean)
cdrom                  27232   0  (autoclean) [sr_mod ide-cd]
cmpci                  23104   0  (autoclean)
soundcore               4464   4  (autoclean) [cmpci]
autofs                 11264   1  (autoclean)
tulip                  38544   1  (autoclean)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ipchains               38976   0  (unused)
usb-uhci               20720   0  (unused)
usbcore                49664   1  [usb-uhci]
aic7xxx               136080   0
sd_mod                 11680   0  (unused)
scsi_mod               95072   3  [sr_mod aic7xxx sd_mod]
[root@localhost i386]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:5A:60:6A:41 
          inet addr:66.87.142.46  Bcast:66.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0x9400

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

[root@localhost i386]# insmod tulip
Using /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
insmod: a module named tulip already exists
[root@localhost i386]# modprobe tulip
[root@localhost i386]# ping 24.221.192.5
connect: Network is unreachable
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[root@localhost network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=66.87.142.46
NETMASK=
GATEWAY=66.87.142.47
[root@localhost network-scripts]# ifup eth0

When I ran the last command the terminal died...


I'm using sprint wireless broadband if that makes any difference. I was 
able to compile the 3.0 version of the source but when I ran the rpm 
install I got a bunch of messages about unresolved symbols. I did make 
sure that I have the correct source for my kernel, 2.4.2-2, and it was 
linked correctly. When I rebooted and did the rpm -U... It gave me the 
included message about it already being installed.

Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated, I don't have 
that much hair left to tear out. :(

I just subscribed so if you could copy me on any responses as well I 
would really appreciate it.

Thanks!

Jas