[K12OSN] network card problems

[Paul Pianta]

Will Hatch wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Thanks for the good advice.  I have succeeded in getting my internet connection to work brilliantly through eth1.
>
good

>  Now, I have my network cable going out of eth0 to my hub, then to a workstation.
>
good

>  The light is showing on the back of the server on eth1, on the hub, and on the back of the workstation.
>
we know that eth1 is ok because you can use the internet ... is the 
light showing on eth0 is what we need to know here ...

>  When I turn on the workstation it searches for DHCP then gives me the message "no DHCP or boottp offers received", then it boots to the hard drive.
>
on the server  - 'service dhcpd status'
it should be running ...

>  Any ideas?  The network card that is working over eth1 is a new card I just purchased. 
>
i have a Davicom (dmfe) like your eth1 in my linux machine too and it 
works just fine ..

> The card that isn't working is the original card from the pc.  It worked fine with our peer-to-peer windows network.
>
you can try 'mii-tools eth0' to see if the card is up and running ok

>  Thanks! -Will
>  
>
no worries - keep the detailed info coming ... and fast coz its friday 
avo. and weekend is fast approaching :)

pantz

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