I was just assuming that he was saying that he couldn't connect, and therefore didn't have an IP address assigned. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 3:34 PM Subject: Re: Ethernet card Problem > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Yes, he could do that, but by doing so, he'd be pinging his loopback > interface, which would in no way help him diagnose his ethernet card > problem. Assuming his ethernet card gets an IP assigned to it, he > could then ping that IP, thus testing the functionality of the > ethernet card. > > Greg > > > > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 03:29:40PM -0500, Richard Villa wrote: >> He could try and ping the machine itself. 127.0.0.0 > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGO5jy7s9z/XlyUyARAtA1AJ0Sql/rrvD4edWSQyQ1dPXOWIwMeACglTW8 > F4Hzg+9kR4OF1yZTi83ydek= > =nCnV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
