Ethernet card config - Bering

I originally posted this to the leaf-user list, where it was suggested that
I post here.

My problem seems to be similar to this post:
    http://www.scyld.com/pipermail/realtek/2002-January/001194.html
Here is additional info asked for by Donald Becker in that thread.

The machine is a Compaq Presario 7222.  I don't know about bus master limits
for the motherboard.

The BIOS chip lists the following:
    PL5600G
    BIOS R1.03
This compaq uses an additional setup program:
    SETUP for Presario
    1.51/C Rev A
    Softpaq 2141

Any help is appreciated.

DPD

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From: David Dannemiller <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 00:04:27 -0500
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [leaf-user] Ethernet card config - Bering

I'm having a problem I think is related to ethernet card configuration.

My LEAF distribution is Bering_1.0-rc3 configured per chapter 4 of the users
guide for PPPoE.

Output of "uname -a" is:

Linux firewall 2.4.18 #4 Sun Jun 9 09:46:15 CEST 2002 i586 unknown


My 2 ethernet cards are both D-Link DFE-530TX+, which are PCI cards.
Relevant lines in /etc/modules are:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
#
# All modules should reside in /lib/modules, and you are required
# to list what you need *in the correct order*. Modprobe is not
# used and there is no dependacy checking.
# How they are loaded:    insmod /lib/module/"$module".o $args

######################################################################
# More modules available from:
# http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/bering/latest/modules/
######################################################################

# My ethernet cards
# needed by PCI modules
pci-scan
# D-Link card
rtl8139
# Linksys card
#tulip

# Modules needed for PPP/PPPOE connection
slhc
n_hdlc
ppp_generic
ppp_synctty
pppox
pppoe

# Masquerading 'helper' modules
# Other modules available in bering/modules/net/ipv4/netfilter
ip_conntrack_ftp
ip_conntrack_irc
ip_nat_ftp
ip_nat_irc


Shortly after boot, the following message is displayed:

eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0c 0005 media 00.


The ppp interface is not established.  Output of "ip addr show" is:

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host lo
2: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop
    link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100
    link/ether 00:50:ba:cc:67:58 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100
    link/ether 00:50:ba:42:c7:b0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.254/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth1


Output of "ip route show" is:

192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.254


Output of "lsmod" is:

Module         Pages    Used by
ip_nat_irc              2384   0 (unused)
ip_nat_ftp              2960   0 (unused)
ip_conntrack_irc        3056   1
ip_conntrack_ftp        3824   1
pppoe                   6636   1
pppox                    912   1 [pppoe]
ppp_synctty             4376   0 (unused)
ppp_generic            14920   1 [pppoe pppox ppp_synctty]
n_hdlc                  5760   0 (unused)
slhc                    4264   0 [ppp_generic]
rtl8139                11720   2
pci-scan                3048   1 [rtl8139]


Pings between the firewall machine and another machine on the LAN are
successful in both directions.  Ping from the firewall machine to the
Internet fails - returns nothing.

The D-Link ethernet cards are PnP.  The BIOS defaulted both cards to the
same IRQ.  I changed 1 of the cards to a different IRQ, but the behavior
described above did not change.

Installing only 1 ethernet card at a time allowed the PPP interface to be
established.  Output of "ip addr show" is:

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host lo
2: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop
    link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100
    link/ether 00:50:ba:cc:67:58 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: ppp0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP> mtu 1492 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 3
    link/ppp 
    inet 199.174.15.61 peer 199.174.15.1/32 scope global ppp0


Output of "ip route show" is:

199.174.15.1 dev ppp0  proto kernel  scope link  src 199.174.15.61
default via 199.174.15.1 dev ppp0


Output of "lsmod" is:

Module         Pages    Used by
ip_nat_irc              2384   0 (unused)
ip_nat_ftp              2960   0 (unused)
ip_conntrack_irc        3056   1
ip_conntrack_ftp        3824   1
pppoe                   6636   1
pppox                    912   1 [pppoe]
ppp_synctty             4376   0 (unused)
ppp_generic            14920   3 [pppoe pppox ppp_synctty]
n_hdlc                  5760   0 (unused)
slhc                    4264   0 [ppp_generic]
rtl8139                11720   1
pci-scan                3048   1 [rtl8139]


I tried one of the D-Link boards with a Linksys board.  In that
configuration I could force which board was eth0 and eth1 by the order in
which modules were listed in /etc/modules.  I could get either the LAN or
the WAN to work (meaning successful pings), but not both at the same time.

Any assistance is appreciated.

DPD



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