[LUNI] Networking question -please help

[Arun K. Khan]

On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 06:22 -0800, Richard Reina wrote:

>  
>  Thank you very much for your reply I tried the following:
>  
>  #:/sbin/service network stop
>  unplug the cable from the router and into the LAN switch
>  #:/usr/sbin/setup and manually set it to a valid LAN IP
>  #:/sbin/service network start
>  #:/sbin/service iptables restart
>  
>  but still can't ping any local machines.  I'm using Centos.  Thanks so much for the help thus far.  Any other suggestions on how I can accomplish this would be much appreciated.
>  

Please set your MUA to wrap lines @ 75 or less chars.

My hunch is that you have a flaky NIC.  I would suggest you try
replacing it.  You can most likely find a replacement for < $10.  It is
worth a try, rather than going nowhere with the present one.

I once had a similar experience with a Realtek NIC.  The driver would
load fine, the LEDs on the NIC and the hub would be properly lit - yet
no traffic went through it.

HTH

-- Arun Khan