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Avian00
October 18th, 2006, 11:25 AM
Hello,

Ubuntu Server (Dapper) does not seem to recognize the network adapter in my Dell PowerEdge 1950. It is a Dual Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet adapter (the one that comes standard with this server). Has anybody else gotten this to work? If so, can you share with me how? If not, does anybody have any advice on getting it to work?

Thanks in advance!

Matt
HeLiS
October 20th, 2006, 12:36 AM
I'm having the exact same problem. just tried to install it then on the 1950 and got the same error. does anyone know how to get around this.

cent os is poo
roysatx
October 21st, 2006, 02:01 PM
Ditto here! Any help appreciated!
rcgabriel
October 27th, 2006, 12:34 PM
Did you find this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=226114)? It's on the Poweredge 2950, but specifically discusses the Broadcom GB ethernet issue and how to make it work. Hope this helps.
paul.maddox
October 27th, 2006, 03:07 PM
I've only got 1 PowerEdge 1950 but was able to install Ubuntu Server on it successfully.

The network card gave me a lot of grief though, until...

I realised that the eth's are picked up by the kernel the wrong way around!

eth0: Labelled on the server as interface 2
eth1: Labelled on the server as interface 1


Took me bloody ages trying to debug till I realised then slapped myself on the forehead for not thinking of it sooner!
GoJimbo
March 22nd, 2007, 06:21 AM
Forgive a networking newb.

Inside a college campus network I have installed 6.06 LTS on a PowerEdge 1950 with a static ip. The machine responds to pings while inside the campus network but not http or ftp.

Now wondering if this is my problem, I didn't install the machine on the rack and did not check the network cable.

Is there anything to be done in the bios or in /interfaces?

Thanks.
cyrano24100
March 31st, 2007, 08:29 PM
I've only got 1 PowerEdge 1950 but was able to install Ubuntu Server on it successfully.

The network card gave me a lot of grief though, until...

I realised that the eth's are picked up by the kernel the wrong way around!

eth0: Labelled on the server as interface 2
eth1: Labelled on the server as interface 1


Took me bloody ages trying to debug till I realised then slapped myself on the forehead for not thinking of it sooner!

Gosh, I'm relatively new on ubuntu/linux -- does the above happen post-install or pre-install, and you modify the network interface file for this?