Re: SMC tech support CLUELESS online led not according to manual NEW ADSL

ifstatus eth0 tells me I need to setup a config for eth0
Can anyone help me do that?

Here is some more information that might be helpful. I will
try Robert's suggestion and post it ASAP.

I did ping MyIspGateway (as an Ip adr) and got the usual
connect: Network is unreachable
But I can ping my router
MyRouterIpAdr == 192.168.2.1
# ping 192.168.2.1
PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=4.47 ms
etc
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.382 ms

--- 192.168.2.1 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.345/0.778/4.478/1.233 ms
# route add -net default gw MyIspGateway dev eth0
SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
# ifstatus eth0
eth0 device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
ERROR: No configuration found for eth0


Robert Redelmeier wrote:
>Just for grins, have you tried running `dhcpcd`?
>
>If the SMC is a pure modem, this won't work and you'll need
>to load some sort of Linux module [driver]. But if it's
>a modem with built-in router, it will.
>
>> sudo /sbin/ifconfig shows Ethernet HWaddr as I have set it
>> to the same mac as the SMC modem router. Is this absolutely
>> necessary?
>
>It depends on the ISP. Some cable use MAC. Most DSL does not.

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