No, as he has indicated, his eth0 isn't connected to anything. Greg On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:38:40PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi Toby. So you have the eth0 connected to a cable or dsl modem, and you use the ppp just for back-up? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Toby Fisher <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: question > > > > On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > > > Hi Toby. Upon looking at the stats of the eth0 and ppp, it seems you > > > are experiencing some packet loss. You also seem to have something > > > similar to an IP conflict. Can you connect to ppp? Does eth0 function > > > correctly when accessing a network? > > > > Hi. > > > > Ppp is working fine, that's how I'm connected to the internet, as for > > eth0, I've not got another machine to hand right now that I can connect to > > it, but I can ping it successfully and no, I didn't ping the loopback, I > > actually pinged the ip address of the interface and got packets back, in > > about 0.2 ms. > > > > Cheers. > > > > -- > > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > > ICQ: #61744808 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup