Topic: ADSL Eth1 IP Failure

[Peder Kopperud]

Hello,

Great product, fast and effecient install.
A little background;  My pc configuration is:

AMD 350
64MB Ram
20.4 GB Hard Drive
Netgear FA310TX          (LiteOn LNE100TX(tulip))
3Com 3C905B 100 BTX   (3c59x)

Cisco 675 (Modem/Router)   ADSL connection   USWest

Server and Gateway mode - dedicated access - With dynamic DNS service  (YI.org)
Using local network DHCP server.

(The connection works through a win98 machine, as near as I can tell it is "authentication software independant" (ref: e-smith FAQ)

I installed e-smith and I must say it was really smooth.  The problem is:  Upon boot up I get a "eth1  Determing IP information for eth1   Failed" (eth0 is okay)  

I am unable to "hit the internet when I attempt to use the test internet connection.

I have read most of the bulletin board and noticed the subject was brought up under the heading "cable modem"

 I did not see a "fix" though.  Has this been resolved?  Will I need to go to a different configuration or somthing?  

I have tried switching the cables around, switching pci slots, changing configurations, removing one card and "ignoring the network"  etc...
any ideas?
Thanks,

Peder Kopperud

[Kim Morrison]

Hi Peder,

Thanks for the post!

We've had occasional reports of DHCP problems with the 3C900 series of ethernet cards.  If that is your problem, the solution would be to make sure that the 3c905B is assigned to eth0 and the NetGear card is assigned to eth1.  The cards are numbered in order of PCI slots so switching their position should accomplish re-assignation.  (I know you reported that you tried different slots but couldn't tell from your post whether you had switched the order of the cards or not).  

Let us know if you've already tried this and/or how it works out!

Cheers,

Kim

[Kim Morrison]

Peder,

I also just recalled that you are a supported customer.  

Let us know if you'd like us to get in touch with you and we can work together on this on the phone and we'll ensure you get up and running.

Best regards,

Kim