Help with net connection (eth0)

ltzany · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:56 pm Post subject: Help with net connection (eth0)

I cannot get my net connection back...

my nic shows up in lspci and lsmod...

but during the startup, i get this type of error:

Bringing up eth0 via DHCP

-problem starting needed services: 'netmount' was not started
-problem starting needed services: 'sshd' was not started

I'm pretty sure i'm using the write module - 3c59x for a 3com 3c905B nic

what could the problem be? any troubleshooting suggestions...?

your help is appreciated...

TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

ltzany · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:57 am Post subject:

yes, i believe i've always used dhcp

TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

And I am guessing that during bootup now, you no longer get an IP address. Correct ??

If so, what changes have you made recently? Are you sure your connection is working? What happens after bootup if you try to manually get IP address using dhcp?
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ltzany · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:02 pm Post subject:

when i do an ifconfig, it only gives the reading for 'lo' not for eth0.

i think my problem happened from overwriting my network file during a etc-update.

not sure how to check if i have a connection, doing a ping returns nothing..

TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

make sure that the correct module is loaded for your ethernet card.. I am fairly certain that the card should show up in ifconfig, even without an ip address, if the module is loaded.
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arckane · n00b Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 42 Location: Iwade, UK.

Do you have the dhcp client installed? (emerge dhcpcd)

ltzany · Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject:

gentoo won't recognize my internet connection. when i do 'ifconfig' only 'lo' shows up. I am not sure what to do b/c i have the right module loaded but gentoo still won't recognize the connection....

TheRAt · Veteran Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 1580

post some details of the type of ethernet card, etc.. Please post the output from