Re: Reinstallation vs. Fixing network problem

[John Menerick <shaded3l33t@xxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tried to reset the IP stack?  Wouldn't hurt and solves most
"my internet doesn't work, I tried everything other than reinstall"
problems/challenges


Spheraice


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:48:24 -0500, David O Torrey <tj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had a similar experience (though with audio drivers, which may be of
> use to sgelliot).  I converted my wife's machine to Linux-only, but it
> required a hard power-down reset to actually clear up the problems.
> Best guess is that Windows left the audio system in some wierd state.
> 
> Works fine since, but hung up the first few times until I powered it
> down (meaning, unplug it too -- ATX, remember).  At any rate, I highly
> doubt the problem is with Debian itself, and would stop just short of
> staking my life on the claim that reinstalling won't make a diff of
> bitterence.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 13:06, Jacob Fugal wrote:
> > Oops. No, I mean I notice no problems with my windows networking. That is,
> > DNS, subnet, internet, http, and all that works just fine with windows. I
> > can't so much as ping anything in my subnet under Debian right now.
> >
> > Jacob Fugal
> > jpfugal@xxxxxxx
> >
> > > When you say that it works well enough to post this, it sounds like
> > > you're implying that there are problems with networking in Windows too.
> > >   If this is the case, it sounds like a bad network card/cable.
> > >
> > > Are you being assigned an IP address in Debian?
> > >
> > > On Mar 10, 2005, at 12:49 PM, Jacob Fugal wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I have a dual boot Windows XP Pro/Debian "sarge" machine. The network
> > >> under Debian used to work just fine. Then my wife restarted the machine
> > >> during Debian bootup because she wanted Windows. (I can only guess that
> > >> that was the cause of the problem.) Now I can ping my own machine but
> > >> not
> > >> the gateway or any other machine under Debian. Windows networking works
> > >> well enough for me to post this. I tried unloading and loading the
> > >> network
> > >> module (using modprobe), ifdown and ifup the interface, I even tried
> > >> recovery mode. When I run ifconfig, it shows that both eth0 and lo
> > >> have Tx
> > >> and Rx errors that increase every time I try to ping anything other
> > >> than
> > >> my own machine. Further, when I type ifup eth0, it replies "eth0: link
> > >> down" when clearly the link is up and running just fine.
> > >>
> > >> The only way I can think of fixing this problem is a new install of
> > >> Debian.
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas on what the problem is or how to fix the networking under
> > >> Debian
> > >> short of reformat and reinstallation? I'd appreciate it.
> > >>
> > >> Jacob Fugal
> > >> jpfugal@xxxxxxx
> > >>
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