[plug] Problem with NE2000 card using thin coax.

[David Campbell]

Date sent:      	Tue, 02 Mar 1999 23:57:10 +0800
From:           	David Buddrige <buddrige at q-net.net.au>
To:             	Bob Ogden <bob at contact.omen.com.au>, plug at linux.org.au
Subject:        	Re: [plug] Problem with NE2000 card using thin coax.
Send reply to:  	plug at linux.org.au

*snip*

> Now, we had a couple 'o ne2000 cards - we installed one which was plug 'n
> pray - but our prayers remained unanswered.  We installed another (older
> card), and were able to get it talking to redhat.

At this point, fire up ping in one virtual console pointed at the 
other machine. Most network cards these days have an activity light, 
providing everything is connected up correctly you should see the 
light "blip" on every card on the network.

Secondly, using "ifconfig" command you can look at the network device 
counters and see whether the packet is making it out onto the network 
cable or is being mauled somewhere.

Also check your terminators, I bought some from Dick Smith to only 
find they were junk (twisting the metal end cap made them work/fail, 
extremely touchy). Went for another source and worked perfectly.
 
Hopefully this may shed some light on the problem.

David Campbell
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