Curious. I expected to see both eth0 and eth1. If there is only one then it seems either the built in or the plug in is not recognized by the kernel. Have you tried plugging the new ethernet card into the old computer?
I also find it curious that eth0 has non-zero RX and TX numbers. That means it is trying to talk. I have a card that isn't connected to anything and it's numbers are all 0. Another thing to ask is whether the driver is running. If you run lsmod you will get a long list of modules. At least one of them should correspond to your ethernet device. In fact there should be one for the onboard ethernet as well as the plugin card. Maybe somebody else can help with identifying which modules from your list. What are the models of ethernet device that you have? -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ Every time Bush speaks, an English teacher dies. --- http://yuumei.deviantart.com > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Allen Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> When the new computer is connected to the router or modem (but not >> working) what does ifconfig say? > > Hi, Allen, > > ifconfig gives: > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:31:81:3f:59 > inet6 addr: fe80::217:31ff:fe81:3f59/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:6330 (6.3 KB) TX bytes:398 (398.0 B) > Interrupt:20 Base address:0xe800 > > 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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > Best regards, > > Paul > > > > > > > >> -- >> Allen Brown  abrown at peak.org >>  http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ >>  The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich >>  as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, >>  to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. --- Anatole France >> >>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Fred James <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Have you tried tuning off the comcast modem between machines? - >>>> comcast >>>> always told me to turn it off for > 1 minute forces the modem to >>>> "reset" >>>> - >>>> YMMV. >>>> à  On the power up, first the modem, then the computer >>> >>> Hi, Fred, >>> >>> My modem doesn't have an on/off switch but has a reset button. I've >>> tried rebooting the modem with no improvement. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> -- >>> Universal Interoperability Council >>> <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> EUGLUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> > > > > -- > Universal Interoperability Council > <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
