Simple solution if this is the problem: Clone your nic's mac address from the working machine to the new one.
Or just keep your new machine plugged in (overnight or something) and wait for your Comcast DHCP lease to expire. Something like that. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Darrough, James <james.darro...@oregonstate.edu> wrote: > I have seen problems with some of the DSL and Cable modems such that they do > NOT issue more than one ip address. That was what I was getting at. I helped > my mechanic set up his system, and no matter what we did I could not get the > modem to issue an ip to more than one box. I ended up putting a router > inline, and that solved the problem. > > > Good luck dude! > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: euglug-boun...@euglug.org [mailto:euglug-boun...@euglug.org] On Behalf > Of marbux > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:26 PM > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Ethernet problems on "new" used machine > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Darrough, James > <james.darro...@oregonstate.edu> wrote: >> Do you have a router attached to your Comcast modem? > > No, although Netstat shows routing table info on the old machine but > shows nothing on the new machine. > >> If not, then your modem is not doing DHCP and issuing an ip address (maybe). >> Or you have your network setup on the Linux machine for static ip. > > Currently, both machines are set to automatically use DHCP, which I > suppose raises the question why that works on the old box but not on > the new one. > > Best regards, > > Paul > > >> >> Regards, Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: euglug-boun...@euglug.org [mailto:euglug-boun...@euglug.org] On Behalf >> Of marbux >> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:12 PM >> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group >> Subject: [Eug-lug] Ethernet problems on "new" used machine >> >> Hi, folks, >> >> Can't seem to work this through with the aid of Google. I'm down to >> seeking help. >> >> I recently acquired a second, used AMD 64-bit box with an ASUS >> motherboard. It came with WinXP Pro and didn't get an internet >> connection to Comcast. Acting on a suspicion that the onboard ethernet >> connection was dead, I ordered a Gigabit ethernet card. While awaiting >> its delivery, I wiped the hard drives and installed Ubuntu 9.10 >> 64-bit. Received and installed the ethernet card. No joy. >> >> A few things I've tried without success, in no particular order: >> >> -- Selecting eth0 as the connection type in Network Tools. >> -- Selecting "connect automatically" under Network Connections eth0 >> properties. >> -- Pulling the card and seeing if I could revive the onboard ethernet >> connection. >> -- Rotating cards in the machine in hopes of resolving an imaginable >> IRQ conflict >> -- Installing Ubuntu 32-bit as a virtual machine on my old box so I >> could compare configuration details. >> -- Confirmed that the right driver for the card is installed and active. >> -- Installed Puppy 4.3.1 on both machines and compared configuration >> details (my experience is that Puppy does better at auto-configuring >> for hardware than Ubuntu). >> -- etc. >> >> All of which has got me nowhere over several days. >> >> This is new turf for me because ethernet connections have always just >> worked for me. So I'm unsure what information folks will need to >> assist me. >> >> Appreciate some hand-holding here. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Universal Interoperability Council >> <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> euglug@euglug.org >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> euglug@euglug.org >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> >> > > > > -- > Universal Interoperability Council > <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
