How to verify ethernet connection

[Mark_in_Hollywood]

I have a SiliconDust HD HomeRun ATSC dual tuner. The cables and power are up and running, but my Precise Pangolin ver. 12.04 is not finding the device. Auto ethernet hangs and no connection is made. Anybody know how to make them talk to one-another?

[efflandt]

Are you connecting the tuner and your computer to a router, or trying to directly connect the tuner to your computer?

If you are trying to connect it directly to your computer you might need a "crossover" cable if ethernet on your computer does not auto sense cable type, and likely need to be running a dhcp server in Linux to give the tuner an IP address.

Although, the website for that device gives no clue how to find the tuner on a network. If you do get it set up to get an IP address see if avahi-browse -al (small L) finds it. Or maybe it uses netbios and something related to samba could find it.

[Mark_in_Hollywood]

Directly from tuner to 'puter.

According to the motherboard mfg., MSI, this is the LAN

LAN
• Supports 10/100 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8201EL

Running avahi-browse -al, I see no connection to my computer at all, those show are the next door neighbors, with whom, I share wifi.

Terminal said:

mark@Lexington-19:~$ avahi-browse -al
+ wlan2 IPv6 iTunes_Ctrl_F2959EAB3AFFD2C8 iTunes Remote Control local
+ wlan2 IPv4 iTunes_Ctrl_F2959EAB3AFFD2C8 iTunes Remote Control local
+ wlan2 IPv6 Paul XXXXXXX___s MacBook Apple File Sharing local
+ wlan2 IPv4 Paul XXXXXXX___s MacBook Apple File Sharing local
+ wlan2 IPv6 2837374C54F6@Paul's airport AirTunes Remote Audio local
+ wlan2 IPv4 2837374C54F6@Paul's airport AirTunes Remote Audio local
+ wlan2 IPv6 Paul's airport Apple AirPort local
+ wlan2 IPv4 Paul's airport Apple AirPort local
+ wlan2 IPv6 uYKfv838VtuTLT7zuf5SuQ@Z/e/Lw/oW8aHx3BLAWtgeA _acp-sync._tcp local
+ wlan2 IPv4 uYKfv838VtuTLT7zuf5SuQ@Z/e/Lw/oW8aHx3BLAWtgeA _acp-sync._tcp local
+ wlan2 IPv6 50-35-10-70 Paul's airport _sleep-proxy._udp local
+ wlan2 IPv4 50-35-10-70 Paul's airport _sleep-proxy._udp local

mark@Lexington-19:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 40:61:86:06:56:14
inet6 addr: fe80::4261:86ff:fe06:5614/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:130 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:102 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:44460 (44.4 KB) TX bytes:21176 (21.1 KB)
Interrupt:43 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:186 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:186 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:14100 (14.1 KB) TX bytes:14100 (14.1 KB)

wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:f6:52:0c:2d:a4
inet addr:192.168.1.72 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::92f6:52ff:fe0c:2da4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:24600 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15342 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:10519795 (10.5 MB) TX bytes:4039483 (4.0 MB)

mark@Lexington-19:~$ netstat -i
Kernel Interface table
Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
eth0 1500 0 131 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 BMRU
lo 16436 0 186 0 0 0 186 0 0 0 LRU
wlan2 1500 0 24919 0 0 0 15543 0 0 0 BMRU

mark@Lexington-19:~$ ethtool -S eth2
Cannot get driver information: No such device

mark@Lexington-19:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: ttyACM0 --------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Mobile Broadband (GSM)
Driver: cdc_acm
State: disconnected
Default: no

Capabilities:


- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: forcedeth
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: 40:61:86:06:56:14

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s

Wired Properties
Carrier: on


- Device: wlan2 [2WIREXXX 2] --------------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: ath9k_htc
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 90:F6:52:0C:2D:A4

Capabilities:
Speed: 54 Mb/s

Wireless Properties
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes

54 Mb/s, Strength 30 WEP
*2WIREXXX: Infra, 00:22:A4:E2:6D9, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 72 WEP

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.1.72
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.1.254

DNS: 192.168.1.254


mark@Lexington-19:~$ sudo lshw -class network
[sudo] password for mark:
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:2.3
logical name: wlan2
serial: 90:f6:52:0c:2d:a4
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k_htc driverversion=3.2.0-35-generic-pae firmware=1.3 ip=192.168.1.72 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
mark@Lexington-19:~$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan2
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 wlan2
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 2 0 0 wlan2