angus writes: > I think there may be a drive issue with my network card, there is some > unpredictable behaviour going on - but by turning off the router and the > computer at the wall, then booting them both at same time I have now on 2 > occasions managed to get onto the net:
That sounds like an unreliable router and/or a driver problem. If you can capture snoop traces (using "-o" to save the binary output) when the problem occurs, that might help narrow down the problems. > which all looks pretty normal? Yes, that all looks normal for a system sitting behind a NAT that runs DHCP. (A typical consumer-grade "router.") -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
