[ILUG] problem with network interface

[Daniel McInerney]

ethtool eth2 gives:

Settings for eth2:
        Supported ports: [ TP ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 100Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: Twisted Pair
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Supports Wake-on: pg
        Wake-on: g
        Current message level: 0x000000ff (55)
        Link detected: yes


Daniel.

Nick Murtagh wrote:
> Daniel McInerney wrote:
>   
>> I added two gigs of ram to a workstation running debian lenny
>> and when I booted the machine I had no network connectivity.
>> ifconfig returned a similar IP address: 169.254.*.* and the following
>> is now in syslog:
>>     
>
> Adding RAM shouldn't break your network - any chance there was
> a new kernel installed via updates that become active when you
> rebooted?
>
> What does
>
> # ethtool eth2
>
> show? (Run as root)
>
>