Yet another network problem - wired, this time

[Calmatory]

Well, I can't get the connection working on my brothers machine.

The procedure to get the NIC working goes as follows:

add required rows to /etc/network/interfaces - "auto eth0" and "iface eth0 inet dhcp" 
modprobe ne2k_pci (if not loaded already)
ifup eth0

That has got it working twice before. Now after I took the machine off my shelf and installed fresh Feisty, it does not seem to work for some reason.

sudo ifup eth0 returns something like this

...
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
send_packet: Network is down
...

And that is being repeated good few times, obviously it fails.

* "auto eth0" and "iface eth0 inet dhcp" have been added to /etc/network/interfaces
* ifconfig does not show eth0. ifconfig -a does show eth0.
* rmmodding ne2k_pci and then modprobing it again wont help.
* Rebooting or changing the PCI slot wont help.
* ne2k_pci is already loaded at boot.

[Calmatory]

Anyone? Been fighting with this all day with zero success.

[Calmatory]

... anyone?

[konqueror7]

is your connection through a router? try to make your ip static with the same details on your dhcp settings...

[Iowan]

lshw -C network should give information as to what driver is used, and whether card is aliased as eth0... among other things.