Very Computer

I have tried in vain to get my network card working - now I need some
help.

The card is an ISA Intel EtherExpress Pro/10.  Here is what I have done
so far:

*  I have configured the card using the Intel-supplied config software:
    -  Plug-and-Play is disabled
    -  Connector Type is set to twisted-pair
    -   IRQ 10
    -   I/O address 0x310

*  I have got the latest (I think) driver for the card, originally
written by Bao Ha and now at version 0.11

*  I have rebuilt my kernel with this driver included

*  I am booting with the parameters ether=10,0x310,2,24,eth0

The boot messages seem correct:

  id:  0x24   io:  0x310 eth0:  Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 ISA at 0x310,
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx, IRQ10, 10BaseT.

When I issue the command:

   ifconfig eth0 192.168.100.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

the command completes with the following message:

  eth0:  set Rx mode to 1 addresses
  eth0:  set Rx mode to 1 addresses

Then when I issue ifconfig by itself I get:

eth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
            inet addr:192.168.100.1   Bcast:192.168.100.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500  Metric:1
            RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
            TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
            Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:2-6000

(which looks to my amateur eyes to be basically OK).

However, when I try to ping my own IP address I get:

ping:  sendto:   Network is unreachable
ping:  wrote 192.168.100.1 64 chars, ret=-1

and when I try to ping another machine on my LAN I get the same result.

I should say that I have successfully used this card in this machine
(with the same I/0, IRQ, and hardware configuration) for several years
under both OS/2 and Windows NT.

My questions are:

*  Is there anything obvious (to someone more knowledgeable than me) in
the messages that I am already getting?
*  Is there any diagnostic software available for this card that would
help me find out the problem?
*  Does anyone have anything I could try to make it work?

I apologise for the long post but I wanted to describe my situation and
the steps I have taken as fully as possible.  Any help that anyone can
give me would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

--Chris Jones

Issue the route command and see is eth0 listed?

Quote:>>Sounds like you haven't entered any routing information for your card.

>>Issue the route command and see is eth0 listed?

--Chris

Quick question:
What version of the kernel are you running?  I ask because I have one of
these working just fine with kernel version 2.0.34. The eepro driver has
been part of the kernel since 2.0.32 or .33, and I've had no problems
with it.  I did have some problems with an older kernel version and the
driver in an EISA 486 PC that sound very similar to what you're
experiencing.  I recommend going with the latest kernel if you can.

Pete