Yeah I don't iether. I'm gonna try to manually bring up eth0 and see what happens. Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm sick of Winblows! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Konka" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 9:06 PM Subject: Re: more network problems > I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop. I am using DUal boot with Lilo under > Windows and linux. I was able to plug my laptop in to my linksys router > and work with linux on my network and internet with out a problem. I dont > see why your running in to problems > > At 06:33 AM 10/11/02 -0400, you wrote: > >OK I'll try that. > > > >Yes, I'm not going to give up. I really really want to switch over to > >linux. > >Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm > >sick of Winblows! > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <jwantz at babel.hpcc.noaa.gov> > >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > >Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:21 PM > >Subject: Re: more network problems > > > > > > > Hi Alex, > > > I really think you should try invoking your dhcp client by hand. Some > > > dhcp servers refuse to work with pump. I like dhcpcd better because it > > > is easier to trace problems. First try: > > > pump -i eth0. Wait about a minute and try to ping a known ip address > > > e.g.: > > > ping -c 4 140.90.149.1 > > > If it hangs and/or tells you that the network is unreachable, Then it > > > probably didn't get an ip. To check to make sure try ifconfig [enter]. > > > At this point see if you have the dhcpcd program. dhcpcd -d -H > > > Note that the -H switch is upper case. If it is there it'll try to > > > connect for up to 60 seconds. If it works, it will display your ip > > > along with other information. Whatever you do, don't give up! > > > > > > Jim Wantz WB0TFK > > > On Thu, 10 > > > Oct 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > > > > > > > Ok that sounds like a good think to try. If that fails I might have to > > > > solve this the microsoft way;format and reinstall, but I really really > >don't > > > > want to do that. > > > > Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. > >I'm > > > > sick of Winblows! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com> > > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 5:38 PM > > > > Subject: Re: more network problems > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you find a rc.firewall script, you or somebody would have to have > >put > > > > > it there. Yes, you could delete it, but this isn't your problem > >because > > > > > the script isn't run until your network is up. By the way, when you > >run > > > > > netconfig and choose DHCP, it asks for a hostname and says that some > > > > > providers require it. Leave it blank unless you are 100% sure you > >need > > > > > it. I didn't need it with Road Runner, but reportedly, some providers > > > > > require it. Maybe your router requires a hostname or you've set it to > > > > > require one. In any case, like I said, try a direct connection to > >your > > > > > cable modem first. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >