Stupid question --- but are you using static or DHCP-assigned addresses? It could be dhcpd is handing out duff data or something.
I suggest after you get an address and gateway, you write them down, and then reconfigure the interface to use a static IP, gateway and nameserver address ... then see if the problem still exits. If it doesn't then your issue is not with the laptop, but with the server handing out data. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia A university is a non-profit organisation only in the sense that it spends everything it gets ... Luca Turin. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
