On Wed, 09 May 2007 11:48, you 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
Arr! You most likely need to configure your PC to use DHCP for its network connection. I am guessing that previously your PC had a hard-coded network configuration that is no longer appropriate in your new digs. I am also guessing that the iBook already uses DHCP so it doesn't care. Have a look in /etc/network/interfaces and see if there's anything like this: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Either way, please report what you do find there. A
