On Tue 02/12/08 08:15 , William Zajic william.zajic at pipeline.com sent: > something basic here is wrong in my config. > i just installed barebones sol10x86. i can only ping the local machine. i > don't see any lights on on the NIC
That looks like a physical connection problem. Have you tried a known working port/cable? If so, does dmesg show network connect/disconnect messages when you plug/unplug the cable? -- Ian.