On Saturday 20 January 2001 12:43, you wrote:
> hi again.....
>
> it seems that something is going really wrong with my little win-unix
> lan.....yesterday it worked.....today i powered up and it didnt work any
> more. i issued a ifdown eth0 and then a ifup eth0 and got :
>
> SIOCADDRT: network unreachable
>
> like before i cant ping either of the machines, and on the nic of my
> windows machine now a little green light is shining permanently.....i didnt
> notice that before, does this indicate a failure in the init of the nic
> ?... windows device manager shows that the nic is working properly.....
> argh...this is really annoying.....
>
> would be happy with any advice u can give on this mystery......
>
> --quay
>
In cases like this it is best to check the simple things first.....
Your cabling--try unplugging and replugging it. If you suddenly start
working, replace the cables.
(An inveterate cable replacer)
Civileme
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