Mandrake & cablemodem problem

[pap_1]

I have just installed Mandrake 9.1 but can't get the CM working.

I have 2 NIC's, I think eth1 is the one connected to my CM, cos in winXP its
LAC 2, the other is not being used.

The NICs are Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet.

ifcfg eth0

Device=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes

ifcfg eth1

Device=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes

ifcfg-lo

Device=lo
IPADDR=127.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=127.0.0.0
BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
NAME=loopback

Any help appreciated.

[pbharris]

okay - one goes to a local network and the other to the cable modem?

it looks to me like both are eth0..

can you please post the output of /sbin/ifconfig - do omit your hardware addresses though.

[pap_1]

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr - - - - - - -
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:773 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0b) TX bytes:0 (0.0b)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x200

eth0:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr - - - - - - - -
inet addr:169.254.83.64 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:773 overruns:0 frame:0
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x200


eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr - - - - - - -
inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0b) TX bytes:0 (0.0b)
Interrupt:12 Base address:0x400

eth1:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr - - - - - - -
inet addr:169.254.140.142 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:12 Base address:0x400

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3910 (3.8Kb) TX bytes:3910 (3.8 Kb)

[pap_1]

I took my unused NIC out and still no joy.

SOLUTION

I removed Mandrake and installed Redhat 9 and success.
I have internet access, my USB MS mouse works and so does my Epson printer -
all of which refused to work in Mandrake .