[Techtalk] eth0 appears to be configured correctly but can't ping acrossnetwork

[Julie]

Rachel Andrew wrote:
> 
> I have a new box here that I am installing Debian on. I'm going to put
> Woody on it but have a Potato disc that I am using to set up a bare bones
> system and once I get onto the network I will dist-upgrade to Woody.
> 
> However, I am using a Netgear FA310TX PCI card of the same type that is
> installed in my existing Woody box with no problems. The driver for this is
> Tulip. I set this up during the install and it found the card and installed
> Tulip. The light is on, on the card and the hub and ifconfig returns what I
> would expect of a configured eth0.

I've seen a lot of problems with that card, particularly if you
have another NIC in the same box, even if it isn't a Netgear NIC.

My solution has been to avoid Netgear NICs like the plague.
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