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I have a Netgear FA311 and a Slackware 7.1 box (that also boots to NT 4.0).
I downloaded and compiled the source code by Donald Becker (natsemi.c,
pci-scan.c and other files).

I installed the modules natsemic.o and pci-scan.o in
/lib/modules/2.2.16/net/

I added insmod lines to my /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 file.  Ran netconfig.
Everything was working great--for one day!  The very next day it stopped.
Now I cannot ping to and from my Slackware box.  I can ping to itself
(192.168.0.99) if that means anything.

When I boot, I see the normal message regarding natsemi.c and eth0.  No
errors.

Here's the result of ifconfig:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:CC:7A:A1:94
          inet addr:192.168.0.99  Bcast:192.168.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xf000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

and route -n gives me this:

Kernel IP routing table

Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
Iface
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo

I don't understand what could have happened from one day to the next.  The
only thing I did was work on getting x-windows up--I don't think I broke
anything.  Can anyone point me to what else I should be checking to see why
my networking is not working?  Thanks!

Steven Mon

I don't think I can tell you what's actually wrong with your config, but I'm
using the same nic and never had trouble with it under rh7.0 using the
module  (I think it's fa311.o )from netgear's website following the
installation instructions. Hope this helps.

James

Quote:> I have a Netgear FA311 and a Slackware 7.1 box (that also boots to NT
4.0).
> I downloaded and compiled the source code by Donald Becker (natsemi.c,
> pci-scan.c and other files).

> I installed the modules natsemic.o and pci-scan.o in
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/net/

> I added insmod lines to my /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 file.  Ran netconfig.
> Everything was working great--for one day!  The very next day it stopped.
> Now I cannot ping to and from my Slackware box.  I can ping to itself
> (192.168.0.99) if that means anything.

> When I boot, I see the normal message regarding natsemi.c and eth0.  No
> errors.

> Here's the result of ifconfig:

> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:CC:7A:A1:94
>           inet addr:192.168.0.99  Bcast:192.168.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>           Interrupt:10 Base address:0xf000

> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
>           RX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

> and route -n gives me this:

> Kernel IP routing table

> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
> Iface
> 192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0
eth0
> 127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo

> I don't understand what could have happened from one day to the next.  The
> only thing I did was work on getting x-windows up--I don't think I broke
> anything.  Can anyone point me to what else I should be checking to see
why
> my networking is not working?  Thanks!

> Steven Mon