Behaviour of eth0 not understood

[Åke Svensson]

Hi!

Try locating the file ifcfg-eth0 and look inside it. It might give 
you some further clues on how to configure it for ADSL.

Regards,

Ake Svensson, YDL 2.0, still a newbie


>Thanks to those who answered me!
>
>John, I can't believe that I have a hardware problem: my setup is simply an
>iMac connected to Internet via an ADSL modem (USB Speedtouch). It works
>perfectly under MacOS; and the Internet connection used to work under Linux
>in the pre-adsl days.
>
>It is the combination Linux-cum-adsl that gives me trouble. As a matter of
>fact, I have been unable to make it work, whether I try rp-pppoe or
>speedtouchconf. According to some error messages, it would seem that "ppp0
>does not connect". Perhaps the strange lines on the log are related to this.
>
>I have just made a little Google search on "pppoe and eth0". There were lots
>of answers, which I found not very informative and rather confusing. They
>often talk of "configuring the Ethernet card", but I don't see what the
>Ethernet card of an iMac is (there seems to be some sort of built-in
>circuit) and still less how to configure it.
>
>I should be grateful for any further suggestions.
>
>Regards.
>
>Charles
>
>
>Original message:
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:50:44 -0400 (EDT)
>From: John M Phillips <phillipsjohnm@earthlink.net>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>Subject: Re: Behaviour of eth0 not understood
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>
>This is a hardware problem, not all hub/switches work with all network
>cards!
>
>What hub or either net switch are you using? I tried several 100/10bt
>hubs with my Powerbook.  I have had success with the Linksys BEFSR41
>four port switch.
>
>John M Phillips  
>
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