Jay Savage said: snip... John,
What exactly do you mean by "gets through to the router"? Without more information, here are a couple of things to think about:
1) DHCP: a) are you using a static IP on a network with dhcp servers? If so, one of the routers may be assigning the same ip you're
Opening up Konqueror on the desktops immediately allows Internet access through the Linksys 80211B router and the cable modem. Not so with the Toshibo Satellite 4030CDT, which has 9.0 as do the desktops on this home LAN. trying to use I originally set up the hosts manually using 172 numbers. I am not sure, but I think the router/DHCP ignores them and assigns the 192 numbers?????
b) is the card configured to use dhcp? It's a little strange that you're having to do this in advanced. are you getting a message about trying to modify files that are in use by dhcp?
I have not seen any.
you may be confusing things here by not having consistent settings. Try deleting the card in network hardware, then adding it back, instead of modifying it, and rebooting.
I did that several times as you suggest, but no joy. Situation persists. The xircom card feels very hot sometimes. At bootup eth0 fails. I can bring the green light on with ifconfig eth0 up 192.168.1.107 and ping other hosts by their hostname.
2) DNS: You haven't mentioned looking into it yet, but it's by far the most common network problem, especially with laptops. If you set it up at home, those DNS servers may not be available, or may not function correctly at work, and vice versa. A poorly implemented DHCP server/router may not provide servers correctly via dhcp (Linksys is notorious for this). Or a host of other things. And DNS issues are weird, inconsistent, and difficult to diagnose. There's a big gap between what "should" happen, and what specific implementations actually do. Manually enter at least two servers that you know are good for your location. And just for good measure, reboot, or at least drop down to single-user and back up. This is actually my prime suspect. The settings may have been overwritten at some point with the wireless card.
After I get access again, I can ping the DNS server numbers just given me by my ISP.
3) HARDWARE: Is this built-in or PCMCIA ethernet? If PCMCIA, is it one of those horrible dongle things? PC/Cardbus cards, especially with dongles are pretty fragile. You could easily have a broken pin or a loose wire somewhere. It's most likely a configuration issue, but it can't hurt to rule out hardware. If it is a card, but it in another machine and see if it works. If it's built-in, it's probably not broken, but wiggle the cable a little bit and see if it makes the problem worse (or better).
There is a dongle in another pc , but I dont know beans about wireless yet. The laptop had a linksys pcmcia card which was recognized by cardctl, but I have removed it and its config. Hope these are reasonable responses.
HTH,
--jay
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Many Thanks --John