PPC: Setting up your Network Adapter

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.4
This article refers to an older version of SuSE Linux. Therefore some of the informations given in this article may be outdated or the article may contain stale links.

Scenario:

You want to set up networking on your machine, but are not sure how to set up the network adapter.

Procedure:

On most machines, setting up the networking adapter is very simple. Support for Apple network cards is compiled into the kernel. To check if your card is already working, run the command:

ifconfig eth0

This should produce an output like this:

eth0	Link encap:Local Loopback
	inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
	UP LOOPBACK RUNNINT MTU:3924 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

If everything looks okay here, the networking card is supported. If you see an output like this:

eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

Then you will need to tell YaST which module to use. If you do not know what kind of networking card you have, run the command:

lspci -v | less

This will give you information about all of the pci interfaces on the machine, including your network adapter.

Follow these steps to configure your network, in either case:

  1. Start YaST (by typing "yast" at the command line) and go to "System administration", "Integrate hardware into system", and "Configure networking device". If your card was supported in the kernel, choose "No network module." If your card was not, find it in the list of drivers. After this, hit continue.
  2. Next, you will need to configure the interface. This can be done through YaST as well, in the "System administration" menu under "Network configuration". These menus are described, in detail, by the SuSE manual.
  3. Restart networking by either rebooting, or running:
             init 1 
             (hit enter when all of the scripts have finished to get the prompt back)
             init 2
    

NOTE: If you have set up DHCP, and are having problems with it, get the updated dhclient package from:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/n1/dhclient.rpm


Keywords: NETWORK, APPLE, PPC, MAC, MACINTOSH, DHCP, POWERPC

Categories: Power PC

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