[nylug-talk] Network connection issue

[Eric]

this is totally a shot in the dark.. but perhaps it is some thing more
like the mobo?  i mean if you are having problems with different nicks,
and across OS's.. i think that the root is some where other than a nic
or network config.

-eric

matt black wrote:
> Forgot to mention that this is a dual boot machine, both partitions
> working fine yesterday. Now this same connection issue is found on both
> partitions, both with the onboard NIC (VIA 10/100) and the 3com card we
> dropped in there to suss it out.
> 
> :::tearing hair:::
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
>> From: "matt black" <linuxmania1 at hotmail.com>
>> Reply-To: NYLUG Technical Discussion <nylug-talk at nylug.org>
>> To: nylug-talk at nylug.org
>> Subject: [nylug-talk] Network connection issue
>> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:11:13 +0000
>>
>> This morning one of the machines on our network stopped connecting to
>> internet. As of last night everything was fine and tested.
>>
>> In the process of troubleshooting, we took the machine off the
>> subgroup and plugged directly into the main switch, tested the cable,
>> installed a second NIC, tested that one, and double checked that we
>> have a live cable connection by verifying with another machine.
>>
>> In all casese the machine is getting a DHCP lease, but ping tests are
>> only coming back half the time, for remote IPs and also the gateway.
>>
>> Tried an older Knoppix live and recent Ubuntu live in the machine, but
>> neither would boot. All other machines on the nw are fine.
>>
>> If anyone has any suggestions where to look, its been a while since a
>> problem like this has eaten up so much time, and I'd really be
>> appreciative for any help.
>>
>> Matt B.
>> Linux Mania for OCD Computing.
>>
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