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Ubuntu has mixed feelings about my NIC

  • 16-04-2006 3:40am
    #1
    stakey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭


    Hey folks,

    I just installed Ubuntu on my old Toshiba Satellite 3000. All went well until I decided to add the machine to my network and pull down a few updates for it.

    Few issues arose there, the NIC is showing some definite action but it's not letting any packets squeeze in or out... in other words it ain't talking to the outside world.

    First the NIC is a Netgear FA410 TX (bit of a golden oldie) and is slapped into the PCMCIA slot on the machine.

    So here's what I know

    Ubuntu knows the NIC is there. It let's you bring the interface up or down and to modify the network settings via the UI.

    Ubuntu knows it's on the PCMCIA slot and has loaded up a driver for it.

    When you connect it to a network, Ubuntu knows it's connected and states the link as active.

    However nothing get's through.

    Anyone have any ideas? I would try another distro but i'm fairly sure the same thing would happen again. Haven't been able to find much on this on the web either :(

    Any help would be much appreciated...

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    DHCP / subnet / Gateway / Static IP /DNS setting. Any of these wrong can stop data transfer. Most likley if everything else is OK.

    Wrong subnet can cause really wierd behavour


  • #3
    ChityWest
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭ChityWest


    I dont use ubuntu and so cant be sure - but from what your describing I think the firewall could be a possibility. Does Ubuntu come with a built in firewall enabled by default ? If so I would either turn that off or run through the settings for it.

    Could it have been any of the options made during install ? for example I know that mandriva has a 'paranoid' security level you can select during installation depending on whether you selected Server or not.


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