On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:21, Jeff Vian wrote: > 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 tried that by mv S24pcmcia to S10pcmcia and S10network to S24network in both /etc/rc3.d and /etc/rc5.d but the problem still exists. Much appreciate your time to respond. Thnak you. > > >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
