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NIC Card

This is not really a router issue but rather a NIC issue. I am setting up a Linux Fedora Box and can't seem to get connectivity . I can ping the 127.0.0.1 address but not the host address or gateway I get a network is unreachable response. I have tried 3 different NIC cards along with the internal nic device that was on the motherboard. The card wiil be recognized when I boot up the system and shows a green connection light from the switch I am connected to. I have use the same line that was connceted to another server that was live so I know it works. The message I receive when i try to configure the network is 3c59x device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying the initialization. Any suggestions? Thnaks in advance.

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midav2004

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Actually, it was that I did not have the correct driver loaded with the new motherboard. I had thought wrongly that it was loaded with the linux install. I went to the 3Com site and downloaded the linux driver and that worked fine. I did disable the onboard NIC because I couldn't find a driver for it and not sure waht brand it was either.

MarkDozier

The onboard NIC drive should be on the Motherboard CD. NOt know which borad you are using I would check that first and then if you need to download the mobo CD. I always install my mobo drivers even if the O/S has support for it. Sometimes just a minor difference can make a big change.

midav2004

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The CD from TYAN only works for Windows. I went to their website and the drivers for linux are not labeled for this mobo. The ones I downloaded from there did not work for the onboard so I installed another NIC and that works fine. I only use this as a webserver so I have 3 extra PCI slots not being used with one for a case fan/blower.

MarkDozier

Okey. I was asking because many poeple are unaware that mobo CD have other then windows drivers. Sometimes even pro overlook it.
Congrats on fixing the problem. I hope you have long success with the webserver.