Network doesn't work any longer

[nbache]

which ethernet port should I use on OS4? The one on the motherboard or the one of the external ethernet card?

Both should work - provided that you have the corresponding driver installed and referenced in a DEVS:NetInterfaces/ file.

For the built-in port (the one on the motherboard), the driver is called p50x0eth.device; the driver itself must be present in DEVS:Networks/ and its name must be in the text file in DEVS:NetInterfaces/

I believe that driver is only available in the Enhancer package.

For an ethernet card, it depends on which card type you have, but the same principle applies. Most of those drivers are part of OS4. You do have the latest, OS4.1FE Update 3, right?

Best regards,

Niels

[softwarefailure]

Hmm, I've now booted into OS4 and as soon as Workbench shows, a console window opens that says "Driver rtl8139.device unit 0 couldn't be opened". In DEVS:NetInterfaces I have a file called "interface" which looks like this:

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# DEVS:NetInterfaces/interface
# File generated by Internet 53.3 (1.8.2011)
# On Dienstag, 26-Dez-17 at 15:13:28
device=rtl8139.device
hardwaretype=Ethernet
configure=dhcp
id=X5000
mtu=0

Apparently, this is what OS4 tries to initialize on startup but fails.

Now the bad thing is that I don't remember if I ever had networking working on OS4 on the X5000 so I can't say for sure if that "interface" definition above ever worked but I guess so because otherwise I probably would have disabled it but I'm not 100% sure. I can only say for sure that it used to work on Linux because I built several projects on Linux on the X5000. But now I can't seem to getting it to work on either system

Btw, running OS4.1 Update 2 here.

[softwarefailure]

Btw, I've also tried Ranger to see if it recognizes the ethernet card but when I click on the "PCI Bus" tab it crashes with a guru meditation 80000003 error...

[nbache]

And are you sure you have the rtl8139.device in DEVS:Networks, in a recent version?

The latest version released is rtl8139.device 53.11 (19/05-2025) - which IIRC came with Update 3 (so you might also want to upgrade to that).

Maybe also try removing the Ethernet card and re-inserting it - if you don't use the machine much, maybe the edge connectors grew mucky?

Oh, and just to make sure; you are clearly using the Ethernet card, not the motherboard port, so the cable of course needs to be connected there.

Best regards,

Niels