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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>]

Hi Steven,

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:52:07 +1200
3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Please don't use netsetup for now.  We need to go through
> this step by step.
> 
> Step 1: activate the network card.
> --------------
> insmod rtl8139
> --------------
> Is that the right module for your card?  

  Yes it is.

> > realtek seems OK - my words.
> 
> Please tell me how you know this.  Does eth0 appear in dmesg?

   Yes.

 
> Let's avoid dhcp for now.  Use ifconfig to set a static address.
> 
> > ifconfig shows the eth0, but with no 192.168.1.n address 
> 
> So, your ADSL router address is somewhere on the 192.168.1.n
> network?  I suggest you set a static address on the same
> network and try to ping the router.  For example:
> --------------------------
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.77

    That was OK.

> ping 192.168.1.n
> --------------------------
> Replace the n by the actual number in the router address.

   It is 192.168.1.1

   Did that:
ping 192.168.1.1
neighbour table overflow
neighbour table overflow
ditto
ditto
ditto
until I hit ctrl-c

   So I re-booted, ran ef2chk (or whatever its called), and did all that 
again.
And ping worked this time.

    Halle-bloody-lulla !!!

64 bytes   ........... 0.8 ms
64 ....................0.8 ms


> > This modem/router is setting dynamic addresses (default, but 
> > maybe it can be edited).
> 
> Don't change that (unless you are absolutely sure what it does).
> That setting may be for the router-ISP address, not the local
> address (between your computer and the router).

   OK.

> 
> >  ping 192.168.1.1      network unreachable
> 
> Does that mean the address of the ADSL router is 192.168.1.1?

   Yes it is.

>From the the modem at 192.168.1.1 (via firefox in Win2000)
Netmask:      255.255.255.0
Gateway:      auto
Host name:    mygateway1
Domain:       ar7

> > > Step 5: check default route:  route
> > 
> >    That seems to be OK.
> 
> What does it say?  Is there a default line?

  Well, it was ok.  :(

route:
Kernal IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0

   I also noticed that the executable file /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 is of 
yesterdays date and of zero bytes.
   
   I have an awful feeling that is not right and may be part of the problem.

Also:
"ifconfig -a" gives:

dummy     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          BROADCAST NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:44:6E:65:5B  
          inet addr:192.168.1.7  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:219 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xde00 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          LOOPBACK  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 

Does all this give you any clues ?
 
I am just about tearing my hair out.

And just wait till I start trying to set this "broadband" with DOS.  :(
Aaaarrgghh !!!

Regards,
         Ron

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Ron Clarke 
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