[ILUG] Missing network

[Alan Sobey]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathryn Cassidy (User Account)" <hellbunnie at irelands-web.ie>
To: <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 10:49 PM
Subject: [ILUG] Missing network


> Hello all,
>
> I've a problem with a machine which seems to fail to
> connect to the network properly about 4 out of 5 times
> that it's turned on.
>
> There's no errors on bootup; the network card is being
> detected, the correct module loaded and all the network
> daemons are loading corectly, but once I log in (as any
> user) I find I can't ping any other machines on the
> lan.  Pinging localhost works fine.
>
> I've tried restarting the network daemon to no avail,
> and the only thing that seems to fix it is restarting
> the machine (repeatedly) until it decides to work.  I
> know the network card is good as it dual boots windows
> which has no problems (apart from the obvious).
>
> Anyone have any idea what might be going on or what
> files I should be scritinising for clues?  I've looked
> through everything in /var/log and I'm none the wiser
> for it.
>
> Kathryn.

Sounds obvious, but have you tried swapping the network cable with another?
Are there any network probs from windows?

Alan.