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HomePNA

Asked by kustaa

I have installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a computer that has an Etherner interface (on motherboard) and a HomePNA card. During installation the computer was connected to a cable modem, and the network connection was set automatically.

The computer has since then been moved to a new location, where only a HomePNA connection is available. The HomePNA card has a "Line" light that is turned on for a few seconds during the boot process, but is turned off before the login screen is displayed. There is no network connection after the boot finishes.

I have manually configured the eth1 to use DHCP, and after issuing the command dhcpcd eth1 the HomePNA card is bound to an IP address.
I have also issued two commands that people who have had a similar problem have used.

1. modprobe -r pcnet32
2. modprobe pcnet32 homepna=1

When these commands have run the network connection is established. The problem is that these commands have to be run manually after every boot.

Is there a way to make pcnet32 to use the option homepna=1 during the booting process?

Thanks
Matti

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Albert Damen (albrt) said : 		#1

You can do this automatically by adding the line
options pcnet32 homepna=1

to the file /etc/modprobe.d/options.

You can do that for example with the command:

$ gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options

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pikatu (ilan-numeri) said : 		#2

Hi,

I have a home pna card that works with windows but Ubuntu does not recognize it.
I did the modprobe as above but it did not work.

Any sugegstions will help.
Thanks

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