Half the fun is diagnosing the darned thing. Would using the ping command provide any sort of diagnostic result for a bad NIC? I've already used ping just once to make sure I could get to the Bellsouth DSL gateway, and it worked fine.
Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jim Cathey Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:09 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Computer help - how diagnose intermittent connectionto internet > tells me this is a HW problem, and I hate to spend money on a new NIC > as a troubleshooting method. Methinks I'll call a buddy who may have > a spare laying around... Those things have gotten so cheap that I can't believe you wouldn't be able to find a free one with a little bit of calling around to your PC friends. I think they were all of $10-20 new last time I looked. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
