[H-GEN] Destination Host Unreachable

[Paul Cornford]

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Robert Kearey wrote:

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> Paul Cornford wrote:
>
>>> Splat. Driver problem, it seems. What brand and model of card is it> 
>>
>
>>  From the manual it appears to be a CE Turbo NE2000. A number at the 
>> bottom of the title page reads 73-0000000-00 (?)
>
>
> A Mystery NE2k workalike, then. And it's ISA. Yurk. At least it isn't 
> PnP ...
>
>>> 7.0 or 7.2? 
>>
>
>> I am now using 7.2 if I understand your question correctly.
>
>
> Excellent!
>
>>> What kernel version are you using? 
>>
>
>> 2.4.7-10. Incidentally lsmod is reporting the ne module loaded.
>
>
> Yep.
>
> OK - first thing to try is the errata kernel. I believe there were 
> some fixes for NE2k workalikes there.
>
> Red Hat 7.0 actually broke a lot ISA net drivers when it was released, 
> to the great embarrasment of all :). That should all be fixed now, but 
> you still encounter the occasional Mystery Card that breaks under the 
> current driver.
>
> My advice, really, is to put the NE2k ISA card in the junkbox and grab 
> a cheapy PCI RealTek 8139 based thing for around $30. Or even less 
> these days, probably.
>
That just what I was thinking. It's time I upgraded to a PCI card 
anyway. Thanks guys for the help. I'll get a PCI card today.


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