[kwlug disc.] Networking problems

[Adam Glauser]

unsolicited wrote:

>>> Do you have anything else on your local network, such as your gateway,
>>> that you can try pinging to?
>> I did.  Should have been more specific about that, sorry.
>>
> 
> OK, then this is a routing issue not a hardware issue.
> 
Sorry, again I wasn't clear.  I tried pinging the local router, but all 
packets get dropped.  FWIW, the little light on the NIC doesn't blink 
like I expect it to, but I never trust those lights very far.


> Do you happen to have a usb network adapter around? Can you throw it
> on just to see if you do get connectivity? Even 1.1 should do you fine
> for the internet.

This is actually such an old laptop that there is no USB.  Good 
suggestion though.

> You're not trying to use a cardbus pcmcia card in a non-cardbus pcmcia
> slot are you? Or ... I forget if you need both cardbus and pcmia stuff
> loaded, or if pcmcia now just comes cardbus, and supports non-cardbus
> just for legacy's sake.

I have absolutely no idea.  I've had trouble finding documentation for 
this laptop in the past - is there some way to tell cardbus from 
non-cardbus by visual inspection?