[kwlug disc.] Networking problems

[unsolicited]

What happens when you run a kubuntu live cd?

Can you get the adapter into a reasonably recent laptop long enough to
 dis/prove it's healthy?

Have you another adapter you can try?

Can you ping another local computer?

Adam Glauser wrote, On 12/05/2007 8:45 AM:
> 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?
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