Intel Pro 100+ NIC detected but cannot connect

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willyg · Post by **willyg** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:18 pm

I have finally installed Gentoo amd64 on my pc with an Nvidia chipset, ATI Radeon X1600 PCIe Card, and Intel Pro 100+ NIC. The Live CD and the compiled kernel both detect the NIC correctly but for some reason I can not connect to my network or the internet. The kernel reports that there is no signal/link on the device. how can I correct this?

m_spidey · Post by **m_spidey** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:56 pm

Hi There

Have you tried just manually assigning a ip address and ping away?

The pro 100's have lights up the back right? When you plug a cable in do they light up?

willyg · Post by **willyg** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:08 pm

yes, the lights are on for this card, this is dual-boot system and windows picks up the card just fine it is only when I boot into gentoo that the card does not connect. I read something in the forums about intel 100 cards going into sleep mode. Could this possibly be a culprit?

If so how can I fix it?

m_spidey · Post by **m_spidey** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:45 pm

Sorry I have no experience with pro100 cards going into sleep mode. None of my cards ever gone into sleep mode, other than checking the dhcp server and manually assigning ip's i'm out.

willyg · Post by **willyg** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:49 am

anyone else have an idea(s)?

QuietStorm · Post by **QuietStorm** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:34 pm

I am having the same problem with an AMD64 system.
The onboard eth on my A8R-MX had lots of issues (works with other distro live-cd's)
So I stuck an Intel nic that uses the e100 module.
The nic is detected and i can assign an ip / gateway
No luck on passing any traffic.
mii-tool reports the link is up and the auto negotiation worked.
I have tried doing ifconfig eth0 down ; ifconfig eth0 up
and reassigning the ip/gateway
No luck.

willyg · Post by **willyg** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:55 pm

well, if anyone can think of anything or comes up with a way to correct this, please do share

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m_spidey · Post by **m_spidey** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:21 pm

Any complaints from the kernel?

willyg · Post by **willyg** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:45 am

well, dmesg reports this about eth1 (eth1 is the NIC that I use, it is the Intel Pro 100+), "no link during initialization" and the next line reads: "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready".

I am running out of options and understanding for this problem, I dont understand why it doesn't work after installation. It works while I am booted into the Net Install CD.