On Wed, May 9, 2007 11:48 am, Matthew Whiting wrote:
> Kia ora,
>
> I'm pretty useless with all things network related, having never bothered
> to really understand what is going on behind the scenes. Now I'm stuck,
> having just moved into a new flat and my machine not automatically
> connecting to the network. Don't really know where to start. I'm
> connecting fine using this apple iBook. No such luck with my desktop pc..
> Its an xtra broadband connection and my machine is connected physically to
> a port on a linksys wireless router which is connected to a d-link adsl
> router. What would be appropriate diagnostic tools to use to suss out what
> is happening? Firefox tries to connect and times out. I'm not familiar
> enough with linux network admin tools to better determine the problem. Any
> help appreciated!
>
> Cheers
> Matt
>
>


What is the output of

ifconfig  -a
route -n
cat /etc/resolv.conf

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Nick Rout

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