Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-11 Thread Tait Clarridge
On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 01:28 +1030, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 15:11 -0500, Tait Clarridge wrote: for a pretty solid router I would go for the Dlink DIR-655 extreme Have they improved their interface in recent years? The DLink I bought, a year or so ago, has the most awful web

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-11 Thread n2xssvv.g02gfr12930
On 09/11/09 19:17, Dennis Mattingly wrote: So I finally think it's a hardware issue. Thanks for all the input. Routers normally have their own static addresses (different for different router companies) which allows you access their configuration interface. Some network-admins at my job

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-10 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 15:11 -0500, Tait Clarridge wrote: for a pretty solid router I would go for the Dlink DIR-655 extreme Have they improved their interface in recent years? The DLink I bought, a year or so ago, has the most awful web interface to use. A friend's Netgear was a lot better.

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-09 Thread Dennis Mattingly
So I finally think it's a hardware issue. Thanks for all the input. Routers normally have their own static addresses (different for different router companies) which allows you access their configuration interface. Some network-admins at my job examined the router and it looks like a hardware

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-09 Thread Tait Clarridge
On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 14:17 -0500, Dennis Mattingly wrote: So I finally think it's a hardware issue. Thanks for all the input. Routers normally have their own static addresses (different for different router companies) which allows you access their configuration interface. Some

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-08 Thread Dennis Mattingly
I've had this issue since February (and Fedora 10). One day my router-setup just didn't work anymore. had to plug directly to wall / cablemodem Could your router have malfunctioned? Can you test it with any other PC to verify? This makes it sound like a hardware error.. does your NIC link

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-08 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 17:14 -0500, Dennis Mattingly wrote: I've had this issue since February (and Fedora 10). One day my router-setup just didn't work anymore. had to plug directly to wall / cablemodem Could your router have malfunctioned? Can you test it with any other PC to

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-08 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 05:14:39PM -0500, Dennis Mattingly wrote: Do I have to use static-IP address to reach router? I'm still using DHCP. ... So my last questions would be: Am I required to use Static IP address just to configure a router (via IP address)? Do I need any gateway settings /

Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-05 Thread Dennis Mattingly
I have (another) simple question involving my router. Is this a Linux Bug, or simply a Bad Router? 1) My internet is perfect (normal setup) 2) Plug my computer internet directly into ethernet router 3) $ ping 192.168.1.1 network is unreachable So, is this my router, do I need to turn-off

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-05 Thread Tait Clarridge
On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 16:06 -0500, Dennis Mattingly wrote: I have (another) simple question involving my router. Is this a Linux Bug, or simply a Bad Router? 1) My internet is perfect (normal setup) 2) Plug my computer internet directly into ethernet router 3) $ ping 192.168.1.1 network

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-05 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Dennis Mattingly dennismattinglyzz...@gmail.com wrote: I have (another) simple question involving my router. Is this a Linux Bug, or simply a Bad Router? 1) My internet is perfect (normal setup) 2) Plug my computer internet directly into ethernet router 3) $

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-05 Thread Tait Clarridge
On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 22:16 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Dennis Mattingly dennismattinglyzz...@gmail.com wrote: I have (another) simple question involving my router. Is this a Linux Bug, or simply a Bad Router? 1) My internet is perfect (normal setup)

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-05 Thread Mikkel
Dennis Mattingly wrote: I have (another) simple question involving my router. Is this a Linux Bug, or simply a Bad Router? 1) My internet is perfect (normal setup) 2) Plug my computer internet directly into ethernet router 3) $ ping 192.168.1.1 network is unreachable So, is this my

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-05 Thread Steven Stern
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/2009 03:06 PM, Dennis Mattingly wrote: I have (another) simple question involving my router. Is this a Linux Bug, or simply a Bad Router? 1) My internet is perfect (normal setup) 2) Plug my computer internet directly into ethernet

Re: Simple Network Question: Part 2

2009-11-05 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 05Nov2009 15:50, Steven Stern subscribed-li...@sterndata.com wrote: | What do you get when you type | ifconfig eth0 | in a terminal sessino? Also include the output of: netstat -rn which will show your routing table. -- Cameron Simpson c...@zip.com.au DoD#743