usb ethernet adapter

[Gary Hodder]

trying to get a Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet adapter to work with Fedora
17. The driver keeps turning the carrier off on the device.
Anyone know a fix for this or am I better off getting a better one.
If I need to get a better one what cheapies on Ebay are known to work?

This is for a dell laptop to connect to a adsl modem and the on board
network card will connect to the local network switch.
The laptop will be the local server and run off solar power.

Below is a cut from the messages file.

Thanks
Gary.



Nov 28 21:33:58 groucho kernel: [ 3387.653275] usb 6-1: New USB device
found, idVendor=0fe6, idProduct=9700
Nov 28 21:33:58 groucho kernel: [ 3387.653282] usb 6-1: New USB device
strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Nov 28 21:33:58 groucho kernel: [ 3387.653287] usb 6-1: Product: USB 2.0
10/100M Ethernet Adaptor
Nov 28 21:33:58 groucho kernel: [ 3387.692606] dm9601 6-1:1.0: eth0:
register 'dm9601' at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1, Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet,
00:e0:4c:53:44:58
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <warn> failed to allocate
link cache: (-10) Operation not supported
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): carrier is
OFF
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <error> [1354098839.91292]
[nm-device-ethernet.c:456] real_update_permanent_hw_address(): (eth0):
unable to read permanent MAC address (error 0)
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet
device (driver: 'dm9601' ifindex: 20)
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): exported
as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/18
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): now managed
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): device state
change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): bringing up
device.
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho kernel: [ 3387.958274] dm9601 6-1:1.0: eth0:
link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xFFFF
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): carrier now
ON (device state 20)
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): preparing
device.
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): deactivating
device (reason 'managed') [2]
Nov 28 21:33:59 groucho NetworkManager[652]: <info> (eth0): carrier now
OFF (device state 20)
Nov 28 21:34:01 groucho avahi-daemon[647]: Registering new address
record for fe80::2e0:4cff:fe53:4458 on eth0.*.