[kwlug disc.] Networking problems

[unsolicited]

Do you know the wiring to work to the end of the network cable you're
using?

Do you know the pcmcia card to work in that computer? If you're not
dual booting, can you try a live cd and see if it works?

Do you have anything else on your local network, such as your gateway,
that you can try pinging to?

How about 'ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.97 broadcast 192.158.1.255' instead
of 'ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.97'?

After the route add does ifconfig eth0 down, ifconfig eth0 up do
anything useful?

Adam Glauser wrote, On 12/04/2007 1:26 PM:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have a really old laptop - a Compaq Armada 1530DM if that means anything to 
> you.  Right now it has DamnSmallLinux installed.
> 
> My problem is that I can't get it to talk to anything else on the network.  I 
> have a Dell branded 3Com PCMCIA wired NIC, model 3CCFE575BT-D, which I have 
> had problems with in the past.  Sometimes I would have to start with it 
> unplugged, only plugging it in after booting, in order for it to work 
> properly.
> 
> Right now, when I boot the NIC is not automatically set up.  So I do the 
> following:
> 
> 1. sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.97
> 2. sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1 metric 1
> 
> If I then run `route`, the output is:
> Destination	Gateway		Genmask			Flags	Metric	Ref	Use	Iface
> 192.168.1.0	*			255.255.255.0		U     		0      	0	0 	eth0
> default		192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0			UG		0		0	0 	eth0
> 
> which is the same as on other working machines on the same network.  At this 
> point, I can ping 192.168.1.97, but nothing else.  Suggestions for where to 
> look next would be much appreciated.
> 
> 
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