[Voyage-linux] eth0 not working with ALIX3D2

[Jordi Puigsegur]

Hi all,

Finally I got it working with a static IP. Here is a recollection of it just
in case it might help someone (I know it's basic stuff...).

You assumed right: eth0 gets the IP from DHCP. I use a voyage linux 0.6.2
out of the box. And this is the output at boot time (through serial port):

Setting up networking....
Configuring network interfaces...[   18.658114] eth0: link up, 100Mbps,
full-du1
Operation failed.
Failed to bring up eth0.
done.
Starting portmap daemon....
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2

And this is the output of ifdown / ifup

voyage:~# ifdown eth0
ifdown: interface eth0 not configured
voyage:~# ifup eth0
[  121.910943] via-rhine: Reset not complete yet. Trying harder.
[  121.912129] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
Operation failed.
Failed to bring up eth0.

Actually, at some point the voyage box appears at the router's DHCP and then
it disappears ... so I though it could have to do with DHCP configuration
and tried a static IP (editting /etc/network/interfaces):

#auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.25
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.1.255
        gateway 192.168.1.1

Then it works, but DNS doesn't:

voyage:~# ping linux.voyage.hk
ping: unknown host

So I edit /etc/resolv.conf and add two nameserver entries, the sames that
would be used by DHCP. Now everything works.

Don't know if this is going to help someone or if there is a better way to
set things up. I was probably going to configure anyway a fixed IP so I
don't care about DHCP not working.

Thanks,
Jordi.

2010/2/10 Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <punkytse at punknix.com>

> Hi Jordi,
>
> I think many of the users didn't encounter the problem you have.  Try to do
> "ifdown eth0" and "ifup eth0" to see if it can be restart.  Of course, I
> assume eth0 get the IP from DHCP.
>
> Regards,
> Punky
>
>
> Jordi Puigsegur wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just tryied Voyage linux 0.6.2 on a PC Engines ALIX 3D2 board.
>> Everything works, except network. eth0 fails to start. Voyage 0.5.2 works
>> ok, but I'd rather have the more up to date lenny packages!
>>
>> Any idea where to look at or know issue ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Jordi.
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