On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:34 PM, drew wymore <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Denis Heidtmann > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> More network problems. Running a new Qwest Adapttec pk5000 modem, > >> with dlsnorthwest.net as the ISP. Everything was fine for a couple of > >> weeks. > >> > >> To summarize the problem, it seems that after boot, the network would > >> not work sometimes. On testing, I found that the modem was not > >> accessible--ping 192.168.0.1 returned nothing. I replaced the modem > >> to test it, and the replacement did not respond either. Thus, I > >> assumed the problem was my network "card" (on the MB). Shut down. > >> Wait for lunch. Restart. Now it is up. > >> > >> My plan at this point is to leave the computer up to see if it fails > >> while running. Also, I am borowing a card to enable more > >> troubleshooting, when the trouble occurs. > >> > >> Any other ideas? > >> > >> -Denis > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > > Ethernet cable between the Actiontec and onboard NIC? > > > > Drew- > I have tried two. I need more. (The lights flash at both ends. Does > that exonerate the cable?) > > -Denis > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > It should, you may want to install mii-tool if it's not already installed so you can look at the NIC more closely. /sbin/ifconfig can also show if there are errors, perhaps it's just getting far too many errors and the reboot clears it. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
