[NTLUG:Discuss] Networking problem (was Invisible cursor)

[Justin M]

> I had assumed that I needed to get a driver for the system.  The motherboard, 
> is an Asus A8N-VM/CSM, which has an nVidia chipset.  The ethernet controller 
> is an MCP51 and is built into the MB.  The MB came with a disk that includes 
> Linux drivers on it, but running the program results in an error.  I checked 
> the nVidia web site and they recommend Suse users should use Yast to upgrade.  
> Of course that rather requires getting the network to work first.
>
> The module that the network card should be using is forcedeth and this is 
> present and lsmod shows that it is loaded.  
>
> So I am out of ideas.  Any suggestions.
>
> Doug
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I also had the MCP51 on board NIC and dual booted with Suse 10.1/Windows. 

It turns out windows would leave the NIC in a weird state.  Suse would
bring up the NIC and it looked normal except that it was not
transmitting any packets(just receiving).  If you unplug your box from
the wall removing full power before going to Linux and the NIC acts
correctly then you are having the same issue.  I am able to replicate
the problem every single time after going from windows to Linux. 

I believe there was a mention to turn off "wake on LAN" to get around
this issue.  The other option was not booting into Windows at all... :-)

Justin