On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:10:12 +1200 Richard Tindall wrote: > >>192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255255.0 U 0 eth0 > >> > >> > > > >Did you enter the route manually? I suspect the first entry on the first > >line should be "192.168.0.0" not "..0.1" > > > Yes. Both are valid IP number, I assume; I have always used ..0.1 on the > laptop, to connect to the gateway, with no problem.
The entry is a destination not an ip address as such. Does your gateway do dhcp? If so use it, it eliminates mistyping. Oh and by the way I assume you do not have the laptop plugged into the lan and on the same ip address at the same time? I guess other more esoteric things could be wrong, like you or the configuration program wrongly guessing the driver? I have seen some modules appear to load, but aren't the right one. I don't think we would have got this far without the correct driver but make double sure ok? Compare the driver that ubuntu loads. Last point, I have seen very experienced computer user subsequently post in threads like this that they "forgot to plug in the cable" - embarrassing but true, and we have all done it. Check it, both ends, and the lights on the nics and the switch. -- Nick Rout
