[ale] Debian/networking frustration

[Joseph A. Knapka]

hirsch at zapmedia.com wrote:
> 
> I've been trying to install Debian for 3 evenings now, but I'm
> stumped.  I haven't tried to install Debian in about 5 years, but I've
> been getting frustrated with Redhat and took the plunge.  The install
> bent smoothly, if not quickly, but I can't get my networking up.  I've
> never seen anything like this before, and I'm hoping someone out there
> knows what the problem is.
> 
> The sypmtom is that my machine doesn't seem to be receiving anything.
> My route looks good.  When I ping my router I can see that the router
> replies by watching the lights on my hub, but ping never sees the
> reply.
> 
> If I run tcpdump on the interface, the only thing I see is arp
> requests from my box about the destination.  No replies, no packets,
> no nothin'.
> 
> As of Monday my NIC was working fine.  It is a 3com 3c509 (b, I
> think).  It's a PNP isa card that has worked since 1995.  I'm using
> Debian Potato 2.2.
> 
> What am I missing?

I had very similar problems on two different occasions recently. In one
case the NIC had flaked out, and in the other case the cable was bad.
If your box can't receive ARP replies, it's got to be a hardware
problem, I think (I could be wrong).

- Joe


-- Joseph Knapka
"If I ever get reincarnated... let me make certain I don't come back
 as a paperclip." -- protagonist, H Murakami's "Hard-boiled Wonderland"
// Linux MM Documentation in progress:
// http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/linux-mm/vmoutline.html
* Evolution is an "unproven theory" in the same sense that gravity is. *
--
To unsubscribe: mail majordomo at ale.org with "unsubscribe ale" in message body.