# Problem With Networking

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808>\
**Category:** SLES Networking\
**Created:** [April 1, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808 "2013-04-01T23:49:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![bulkweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@bulkweb](https://forums.suse.com/u/bulkweb)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808/1 "2013-04-01T23:49:00Z")

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Hello,  
I installed SLES 10 SP2 a couple days ago and I still haven’t been able to get the network to work.  
Can anybody help get this to work?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![summitflier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@summitflier](https://forums.suse.com/u/summitflier)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808/2 "2013-04-02T00:34:14Z")

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What kind of error are you seeing?

What does…  
#\> /sbin/ifconfig -a  
show?

Also, what does  
#\> /bin/netstat -nr  
show?

Are you using DHCP or static IP addresses?

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**Author:** ![bulkweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@bulkweb](https://forums.suse.com/u/bulkweb)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808/3 "2013-04-02T00:59:24Z")

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Hi,  
I am using a static IP address. It seems like it’s either not detecting the network card or something like that.  
Since I am using IPMI at the moment, I have to snip and paste the output. (see below)

![](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/sles101.png/)

[QUOTE=summitflier;12748]What kind of error are you seeing?

What does…  
#\> /sbin/ifconfig -a  
show?

Also, what does  
#\> /bin/netstat -nr  
show?

Are you using DHCP or static IP addresses?[/QUOTE]

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**Author:** ![bulkweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@bulkweb](https://forums.suse.com/u/bulkweb)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808/4 "2013-04-02T01:00:15Z")

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Sorry. this is the image:  
 ![](http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3831/sles101.png)

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808/5 "2013-04-02T01:28:02Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> On Mon 01 Apr 2013 10:04:01 PM CDT, bulkweb wrote:
> 
> Sorry. this is the image:  
> [image: [http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3831/sles101.png]](http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3831/sles101.png)

Hi  
What hardware? SLES 10 SP2 is old, I would say the kernel doesn’t know  
about the hardware;

```auto
hwinfo --netcard
/sbin/lspci -nn |grep Net
```

–  
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
openSUSE 12.3 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.1-desktop  
up 5:56, 4 users, load average: 0.28, 0.29, 0.31  
CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Ironlake Mobile

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**Author:** ![bulkweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@bulkweb](https://forums.suse.com/u/bulkweb)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808/6 "2013-04-02T04:03:34Z")

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This is what i got from the first command. The second command brought nothing.

![](http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/8338/hwinfo.png)

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808/7 "2013-04-02T04:50:40Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> On Tue 02 Apr 2013 01:04:02 AM CDT, bulkweb wrote:
> 
> This is what i got from the first command. The second command brought  
> nothing.
> 
> [image: [http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/8338/hwinfo.png]](http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/8338/hwinfo.png)

Hi  
So that uses the igb kernel module, can you post the output from;

```auto
uname -a
modinfo igb
```

If you get output from the second command, check for a line;

```auto
alias: pci:v00008086d0000150Esv*sd*bc*sc*i*
```

Does it exist?

–  
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
openSUSE 12.3 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.1-desktop  
up 9:17, 4 users, load average: 0.05, 0.14, 0.15  
CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Ironlake Mobile

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**Author:** ![bulkweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@bulkweb](https://forums.suse.com/u/bulkweb)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-networking/23808/8 "2013-04-03T20:03:27Z")

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Hi,  
Sorry for the late reply.  
I tried a couple of things since I noticed this is a common problem. I installed 11 sp2 and got the same thing; then removed it and installed SLES 10 SP4 and it worked automatically for whatever reason.  
Ironically, really don’t understand why this worked. I did nothing different.

Thanks for following up though.

[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;12753]Hi  
So that uses the igb kernel module, can you post the output from;

```auto
uname -a
modinfo igb
```

If you get output from the second command, check for a line;

```auto
alias: pci:v00008086d0000150Esv*sd*bc*sc*i*
```

Does it exist?

–  
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
openSUSE 12.3 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.1-desktop  
up 9:17, 4 users, load average: 0.05, 0.14, 0.15  
CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Ironlake Mobile[/QUOTE]