[NTLUG:Discuss] eth0 died on reboot

[terry]

1) Test the NIC with ethtool
   ethtool eth0

2) Set static IP and see if you can ping that IP  2b) See if you can ping
router
    ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.91
    ping 192.168.1.91
    ping 192.168.1.1

3) Try a live CD
  (...or USB)

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Dennis Kaptain <dkaptain at yahoo.com.mx>wrote:

> I removed an unused pci card from my PC. After I restarted it, eth0 was
> dead. (no I didn't remove my network card ;-) )
> The network card is built into the motherboard.
>
> Using another computer, I have verified that the port on the router and the
> cable are both good.
>
> Does anybody have any ideas what I could try next?
>
> Thanks
> Dennis
>
>
> [root at amor ~]# service network restart
> Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
> Bringing up loopback interface:                            [  OK  ]
> Bringing up interface eth0:
> Determining IP information for eth0...PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254)
> from 192.168.1.65 eth0: 56(84) bytes of data.
>
> --- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2999ms
> , pipe 3
>  failed.
>                                                           [FAILED]
> [root at amor ~]#
>
> What happens during network restart on /var/log/messages:
> tail -f /var/log/messages
> Sep  8 12:24:50 amor kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
> Sep  8 12:24:50 amor dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port
> 67
> Sep  8 12:24:58 amor dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port
> 67
> Sep  8 12:25:06 amor dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255port 67 interval 5
> Sep  8 12:25:11 amor dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255port 67 interval 14
> Sep  8 12:25:25 amor dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255port 67 interval 21
> Sep  8 12:25:46 amor dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255port 67 interval 10
> Sep  8 12:25:56 amor dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255port 67 interval 10
> Sep  8 12:26:05 amor dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255port 67 interval 1
> Sep  8 12:26:07 amor dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
> Sep  8 12:26:07 amor dhclient: Trying recorded lease 192.168.1.65
> Sep  8 12:26:07 amor avahi-daemon[2606]: Joining mDNS multicast group on
> interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.65.
> Sep  8 12:26:07 amor avahi-daemon[2606]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4
> for mDNS.
> Sep  8 12:26:07 amor avahi-daemon[2606]: Registering new address record for
> 192.168.1.65 on eth0.IPv4.
> Sep  8 12:26:10 amor avahi-daemon[2606]: Withdrawing address record for
> 192.168.1.65 on eth0.
> Sep  8 12:26:10 amor avahi-daemon[2606]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on
> interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.65.
> Sep  8 12:26:10 amor avahi-daemon[2606]: Interface eth0.IPv4 no longer
> relevant for mDNS.
>
>
> Here from dmesg, eth0 is found and a driver e10001 is installed:
> dmesg
> e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.2.0
> e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Intel Corporation.
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:19.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:19.0 to 64
> iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.02 (26-Jul-2007)
> iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8 or ICH8R TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
> iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
> eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:16:76:c4:cd:10
> eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
> eth0: MAC: 4, PHY: 6, PBA No: ffffff-0ff
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
>
> here from lsmod and lspci it looks like the driver really is installed and
> the card really was seen
> lsmod | grep e1000e
> e1000e                 84709  0
>
> lspci
> 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DC Gigabit Network
> Connection (rev 02)
>
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