Phil Savoie wrote:
Hi All,
Awhile back I had asked this question and didn't really recieve any response that I can remember. My setup is an Inspiron 7500 Dell Laptop using a Netgear FA-511 cardbus PCMCIA adapter.
Normally when I install I do a network install so I am perplexed by what is happening. After the net install using the Netgear card in the pcmcia slot, on reboot, the cards lights are on indicating a connection. On further inspection there is no dhcp setting set even though I set this on install.
Yep, happens a lot with pcmcia network devices. Check out the order of services being started in the /etc/rcX.d folders. If the network gets started before the pcmcia services this happens.
I have to manually unplug the Netgear card and plug it back in, wait a few seconds and then I hve successful pings.
Could anyone please help me determine the the heck is going on as to why the pcmcia service/eth0 device is not playing nice?
Thanks in advance,
Phil
