Howto config netflex-3/p onboard controller?

[peter konig]

Hi,
I´ve just installed SuSE 8.2 on a Compaq Deskpro 4000 P166. The onboard network controller was recognized by SuSE, but even ping won´t work and the network switch shows no signal-light indicating a network controller. Since the network controller has a twisted pair and a bnc port, my guess is that it uses the wrong port and I would like to configure the correct one. I searched the softpaq-ftpserver for about two hours, found 3 different diagnostic-utilities but none seemed to be the correct one for a combo-controller, because none of them found a network card on my system. The system setup utility finds the controller but has no option to switch between both ports.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

P

[Mark Grant]

Just because SuSe recognized it, doesn't mean it actually set it up correctly!

As root run "ifconfig" and look to see if you have an entry for eth0 and it is "UP".

[Huc_1 · Accepted solution]

Yes have a look at man ifconfig
it says
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media type
Set the physical port or medium type to be used by the device.
Not all devices can change this setting, and those that can vary
in what values they support. Typical values for type are
10base2 (thin Ethernet), 10baseT (twisted-pair 10Mbps Ethernet),
AUI (external transceiver) and so on. The special medium type
of auto can be used to tell the driver to auto-sense the media.
Again, not all drivers can do this.
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Dont have a system that have dual port under hand so I can not test this but something like should do it

#ifconfig eth0 media 10base2 address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX up

Hope this is of use

J-P

[peter konig]

Thank You very much Huc and Marc for Your quick replies! I did ifconfig and it says that everything is fine. Then I looked at the switch and it indicated an operating network card. I do not know what went wrong yesterday, maybe the Compaq just needed an eight-hour break to accept a non-Microsoft system on his harddisk.
Alle Gute,
Peter