eth0 problems ydl 2.0

[Henrik Farre]

Yello

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:56:46 -0400
coerver@mindspring.com wrote:

> 
> Hi  -
>         I recently installed ydl 2.0 on a powerpc 7120/120.  Kernel:
> 2.2.19-1k.  Everything I need works _except_
> the newtworking..  I am using the built-in ethernet device which I know
> works when I boot the machine to the macOS.  I am connected via ethernet
> to another linux box which is running a dhcp server.  The yellodog
> machine seems to get an ip with the proper gateway and mask upon boot up
> ( sometimes).  If its down, then I bring the eth0 device down 'ifconfig
> eth0 down' and bring it back up with "dhcpch -d'.  I get an ip address,
> and I can ping my own dhcp generated address but I cannot ping the dhcp
> server machine.  Now the dhcp client when I boot to macOS works fine but
> not under linux... sigh... The netconfig looks like some sort of wrapper
> to ifconigi and dhcpcd anyway so that didn't help when I ran it asn set
> up dhcp.  Are there known issues with my hardware and this kernel... IF
> so what kernel shall I compile?  I have tried to set my Ip to something
> static but I -_still_- cannot ping the other linux box..  Could someone
> point me in the right direction.. Am i missing something  basic here? or
> are eth0 driver problems? Thanks ..

Does linux and MacOS read the same MAC address from the NIC?

-- 
Mvh. / Kind regards 
Henrik Farre < enrique AT obel DOT auc DOT dk >
- If I were God, I would recompile the penguin with --enable-flying.