On this local lan, the laptop only gets through the router sometimes. And that because I go Yast - network services - routing table - expert config. Destination 192.168.1.107 Gateway 192.168.1.1 Network 255.255.255.0 Device eth0 That might work fine until I close and reopen Konqueror.-- nothing. Now if I blank out the above it might be ok again untill the browser is recycled off and on. I got that from google, but need help to stabilize this. .. Thanks John ~
On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 19:06 -0500, wa3knk@starpower.net wrote:
On this local lan, the laptop only gets through the router sometimes.
And that because I go Yast - network services - routing table - expert config.
Destination 192.168.1.107 Gateway 192.168.1.1 Network 255.255.255.0 Device eth0 That might work fine until I close and reopen Konqueror.-- nothing. Now if I blank out the above it might be ok again untill the browser is recycled off and on. I got that from google, but need help to stabilize this.
The only thing you should have to set is the Default Gateway if you are using and external router like a linksys router. There should be not reason to use expert mode unless you are using this machine as a router. More info on your lan setup is needed for further help. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
wa3knk@starpower.net spun around three times and spewed forth the following nonsense on 3/30/2005 7:06 PM:
On this local lan, the laptop only gets through the router sometimes.
And that because I go Yast - network services - routing table - expert config.
Destination 192.168.1.107 Gateway 192.168.1.1 Network 255.255.255.0 Device eth0 That might work fine until I close and reopen Konqueror.-- nothing. Now if I blank out the above it might be ok again untill the browser is recycled off and on. I got that from google, but need help to stabilize this. .. Thanks John ~
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 trying to use 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? 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. 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. 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). HTH, --jay
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