Apologies if I missed someone already asking these: 1. are the lights on or flashing with a cable plugged in and pinging something valid?
2. can you ping yourself (both 127.0.0.1 and the nic IP) - cable plugged in 3. do you have IP tables installed - "iptables -vnL" and check you have not firewalled yourself off from the world somehow. 4. set up a ping and check "dmesg" and terminal 12 (<ctrl-alt-F12>) for anything meaningful. 5. as an outside chance, run "modinfo [eth_module]" - get the right module name from "lsmod" BillK On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 11:55 +0200, Cahn Roger wrote: > > Based on all the information provided already, there is a very good chance > > that the network card on your mainboard is no longer working correctly. > > I'm afraid you're right, because neither Gentoo nor XP work and they're > on two different HD. > > > I am, to be honest, hoping that it is caused by interference of the printer > > It was my first idea, because it arrived just afterwards. > > > or by a BIOS setting. > > I verified, but didn't see any wrong setting > > I'll try with an other network card...when I get time! > Thank's all for trying to bring me out of the trouble. > I'll tell you what will happen. > Roger > > > -- William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> Home in Perth!
