Networking connection Sharp Rom 2.35

[cmoman]

Hello,

Reading around some of the forums I have picked up quite a few tips but I seem to have a problem trying to establish a network connection with my Zaurus 5500 running the Sharp 2.35 ROM.

I have a CF network card that is recognised as
cat /var/lib/pcmcia/stab
Socket 0: AmbiCom AMB8110 Fast Ethernet
Socket 1: Empty

I have tried setting the ethernet address as 192.168.1.20 in the network and sync menu with little success.  I have tried using ifconfig to set the address, again with little success.

Whenever the network card is plugged into the zaurus, a network card icon comes up on the taskbar and whenever I plug the CAT5 cable into the card, the transmit and receive lights come up.

I have edited the /etc/hosts file to include both my zaurus and desktop as hosts.

however whenever I ping the card, it says the network is not reachable.

Typing in ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.20 up I get the error

SIOSCIFADDR: No such device
eht0: No interface: No such device.

What am I doing wrong?

I realise I could update the ROM and I would love to know how.

I can get USBDnetworking going intermittently on my Suse 8.2 Linux.
Ie that connection is a bit shaky and I thought maybe network connections might be more reliable.

Any comments gratfully appreciated

Thanks

[Anonymous]

When I was running Sharp 2.3x on my 5500 my NIC would always flake if there was a problem with the IP for the DNS server.  I was using a different NIC, but the symptoms were otherwise similar.

The \"solution\" was for me to leave the NIC IP set to dynamic and specify the DNS server IP, exit the network utility then reopen it.  If the DNS IP was still there I could set the IP/netmask for the device and it would function.  Every few days it would flake again, so I\'d repeat these steps and it would work for another stretch.

I haven\'t had the problem since flashing to Sharp ROM v3.10.

[sriley]

Sorry, wasn\'t logged in above.  I didn\'t found a permanent solution to my network issue in 2.3x and that was one of the primary reasons I flashed to 3.10.

[cmoman]

Thanks for the comments, gee its a while since I visited this forum.
USB networking using usbnet is working fine now that I am using the tkcROM 1.0
I am tempted to flash to the Sharp 3.10 just to see if i can still get this damn network card working.  WiFI works fine but not all networks are wireless

Chris