[ILUG] whitebox linux and networking

[Richard Eibrand]

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 21:46:29 -0000, Paul Kelly :: Blacknight Solutions 
<paul at blacknightsolutions.com> wrote:

>
>> > What does ifconfig show you?
>> >
>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:08:46:34:9E
>>            inet addr:192.168.0.3  Bcast:192.168.0.255  
>> Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> So em, whats the network address you use at home so?

I have 3 boxes, each are numbered 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, and 
192.168.0.3 (this being the one with the problem)

> Can you ping any hosts by IP?

No, no ping works at all. I've just found something new.
It doesnt look good to me, although I have no idea what it means...
I got it from /var/log/messages

Feb  1 21:53:03 goa kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 90.
Feb  1 21:53:03 goa kernel:   Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 1(1) current 17(1)
Feb  1 21:53:03 goa kernel:   Transmit list 139b4280 vs. d39b4240.
Feb  1 21:53:03 goa kernel:   0: @d39b4200  length 8000002a status 8000002a
Feb  1 21:53:03 goa kernel:   1: @d39b4240  length 8000002a status 0000002a
Feb  1 21:53:03 goa kernel:   2: @d39b4280  length 8000002a status 0000002a
.......???

Is the NIC kapput?



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