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Thanks in advance!!!
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Peter Flinkfelt wrote:
>
> Greetings!!
>
> I recently re-installed redhat 5.1 on my linux box. I am now trying to
> get the damn thing online.
>
> Before the install I had no problems whatsoever. only hardware
> difference is the CD-ROM power is disconnected, and a previous post to
> the list indicates that would not be the problem.
>
> I am running a SMC EtherEZ as eth0, I/O 0x240 and IRQ 5, on a Cable
> Modem. No other cards installed. I had to edit the module to force the
> card to be recognized at the above I/O and IRQ.
> Netstat -i reveals MTU 1500 (packet size?)RX-OK 56, adn TX-ERR 25 all
> other fields are 0, Flags BRU. netstat -v is completely blank.
>
> I have been reading Linux Unleashed and the network HOW-to. as far as I
> can tell it is not the card. I configured IP,netmask, gateway,
> nameserver, Domain name, and hostname with linuxconf. I can ping myself
> on loopback, so TCPIP seems to be working, pinging my gateway ip gives
> me a network unreachable 100% packet loss.
>
> The last time everything was smoother than a baby's bottom. This time
> nothing is working right. I did notice that X does not seem to be
> working, I have yet to investigate, but believe I need to update it, so
> that is not a worry.
>
> Peter Flinkfelt
