Regarding Pinging issue on linux suse 10.2

[Rajeev131]

i have installed linux suse 10.2 operating system

on hp machine ,model no is hp Compaq dx 2480 microtower base unit pc and product no - KL969AV

my network is not pinging on this machine. same thing i did on another hp machine , model no dx2280, product no. is GR541AV. it was working fine.

i have checked the network driver on both machine. driver is bydefalut successfully installed. i have check default gateway. but facing same issue.

please help me

[Tim Nelson]

Need some basic trouble shooting info...

post ifconfig and route from both servers

if no IP stack then you need to start there..

will start here first and then move up the stack.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Low end Compaq/hp pc's have on Linux support on their built in NIC cards.

That is right on the site for the system.

To get Linux networking right, you either need to find a hacked driver and hope, "hack and pray", or buy a nice Intel PCI NIC for $20 and use that.

SEP

[Rajeev131]

thanks for your help.
another thing i find it out that New HP Machine (Core 2 Duo) Come with Realtak semiconductor RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver and OLD HP Machine has Realtak semiconductor RTL-8110SC/8169 SC gigabit Ethernet driver.

i have checked the ethernet module by using lsmod command then its show r8169 drivers and pc comes with r8168 driver. same thing i find on kernel its show r8169.ko file.

i think its drivers compatibility issue.

please suggest me solution

[Alan_152]

I've done plenty of SLES10.2 and OpenSuSE10.2 installs with a variety of NICs, including realteks. Never had a problem with the drivers, but what always seems to get me is that I leave the stupid firewall turned on with its default settings. That usually blocks my ping and ssh until I make adjustments.