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Hi Steven,

I tried pinging that address, and it failed to contact it.   I'm
fairly certain that the hardware is working properly, because I was
able to connect to the internet in DOS using Russ Nelson's packet
driver.  I can't think of anything else that might be going wrong...

Regards,
Jason

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 7:11 PM,  <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Jason wrote:
>>
>> Here's the output from ifconfig:
>>
>> eth0   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:AA:00:59:03:25
>>        inet addr:192.168.10.48
>
> Address looks OK.
>
>>    RX packets:523 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>    TX packets:564 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>    collisions:0
>
> Packets are sent and received.  No errors shown.
>
>> I was attempting to ping my router, whose ip address is
>> 192.168.10.1
>
> That address should be reachable.  Perhaps the router
> is configured to ignore pings?
>
>> I find it slightly odd that it was able to get DHCP
>> information, but unable to do anything afterwards.
>
> I assume your router provides a path to the internet.
> If so, I suggest you try this:
> ----------------
> ping 192.94.73.1
> ----------------
> Or, alternatively start the links browser (press d).
> Press g and type:  http://192.94.73.1
>
> Do either of those connect to anything?
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
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