[CLUE-Tech] ping returns "Destination Host Unreachable"

[Timothy C. Klein]

* Ski Dawg (skidawg at plbb.net) wrote:
> I am trying to install a 3com 3c509b card in one of my computers (P120,
> RH 7.3, no X-Windows installed). I was finally able to get it installed
> and the OS recognizes it (kudzu didn't for some reason), but I can't
> ping the rest of my internal network.
> 
> As near as I can tell, there is not firewall on this machine, so that
> shouldn't be the issue. Doing an iptables -L just returns some errors
> about the module not being loaded (I think I know why this is happening)
> and ipchains is not installed. I will work on the firewall after I get
> the card communicating with the rest of the network.
> 
> When I do an ifconfig eth0 it returns:
> --------------------------------------
> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:8C:EA:F4:98
>       inet addr:192.168.100.200 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>       UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>       RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>       TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>       collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>       RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:924 (924.0 b)
>       Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
> 
> I then do a ping -c3 127.0.0.1:
> -------------------------------
> PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.246 ms
> 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.205 ms
> 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.210 ms
> 
> pinging localhost (using name instead of number) returns same thing.
> 
> I then try to ping my gateway on my network and get:
> ----------------------------------------------------
> PING 192.168.100.1 (192.168.100.1) from 192.168.100.200 : 56(84) bytes
> of data.
> >From 192.168.100.200 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
> >From 192.168.100.200 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
> >From 192.168.100.200 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
> 
> --- 192.168.100.1 ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% loss, time 2010ms
> , pipe 3
> 
> I had to hit ctrl-c to stop that command, since it seemed to hang before
> outputting the statistics.
> 
> When I do a route -n it returns:
> ----------------------------------
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination    Gateway        Genmask       Flags Metric Ref    Use
> Iface
> 192.168.100.0  0.0.0.0        255.255.255.0 U     0      0        0 eth0
> 127.0.0.0      0.0.0.0        255.0.0.0     U     0      0        0 lo
> 0.0.0.0        192.168.100.1  0.0.0.0       UG    0      0        0 eth0
> 
> I have checked the loaded modules (with lsmod) and the correct module
> (3c509) is being loaded. I have tried different cards and different ISA
> slots, but it doesn't correct the problem.
> 
> I am getting the link lights on the card and on the hub. I have also
> tried using different cables and different ports on the hub, but no
> difference.
> 
> I have also checked the bios, and don't see any settings for
> enabling/disabling PnP.
> 
> I am not sure what the problem is. I have tried Googling for an answer
> (both the web and groups), but haven't yet come up with anything
> helpful.
> 
> I would appreciate any feedback that anyone can offer.
> 

This one is an ISA card?  I always get the 3c509 and 3C59x confused.
If it is the ISA, I have one, and they are PnP ISA.  I had a bear of a
time trying to get one working.  I think I finally decided it needed
somekind of DOS configuration utility to set registers on the card in
order to get it to work.

You might check on Donald Becker site (the module author), for a utility
for configuring the card, he has written a lot of stuff for these cards.

http://www.scyld.com/network

Tim
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