Re: [Nolug] Network/internet connection problems (DSL)

On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:12:30 -0600
  "John Souvestre" <johns@sstar.com> wrote:
> Hello John.
>
>>From what you describe, your problem is internal, probably on the w2k
>>system
> itself. The 169.254.x.x address is the result of it running DHCP to get
>a
> local address, but not finding a DHCP server, hence generating one
itself
>from
> the 169.254.x.x "self assigned" range. From what you describe the
>machine
> should have a static address. Apparent it doesn't, hence the problem.
>
> John
>
> John Souvestre - Southern Star - (504) 888-3348 - www.sstar.com
>
Initially, switching to static address worked, except for internet access.
One time I got a message about javascript, which I haven't been able to
duplicate; I just get "can't connect" or something to that effect.
     What is happening how is that computer B (w2k) can see that C and D are
there but can't see D's files. C and D can see B but want a password to show
B's files; I have tried every password I have in use network- and
system-wise and none works, nor does a blank. D (w98) can see C's (w95)
files, but C can't see D's. They can all ping each other, and both C and D
can get to the internet (thought their small screens are about to make me go
blind). A is still off the network, though plugged in, because it can't
recognize its build-in NIC because it's looking for the wrong driver and I
can't figure out how to change that.
  
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: owner-nolug@nolug.org [mailto:owner-nolug@nolug.org] On Behalf Of
>John
> Tiedeman
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 4:54 PM
> To: nolug@nolug.org
> Subject: [Nolug] Network/internet connection problems (DSL)
>
> I got both my desktop systems (Linux and w2k) working again by
> recovering all the data I could that hadn't already been backed up and
>then
> formatting the hard disks. But I can't get into the internet from either
>one
> now, and doing it on the laptops is about to make me go blind.
> The Linux system (FC2) has the proper driver for the NIC installed
as
>a
> module (r8169) but, according to the Network Device Control, it's
looking
> for Gigabit Internet driver 1.1.2, which doesn't exist. It shows up in
>the
> NDC as grayed out so I can't change it. I have had no luck finding out
>where
> it gets that. The old disk, which would for a while still get the
>internet
> but had other problems which made it impossible to do some things,
showed
> r8169. I have tried several installs and keep coming up with the same
>thing.
> My w2k system can sometimes see other computers (w95 and w98
laptops)
> but won't connect to the internet, even though the router lights flash
>when
> I try, which sounds like an authentication problem to me. What's
>puzzling,
> though, is even when it will see another computer and even copy files
>from
> it, it won't ping anything but itself (as 169.254.115.13, wherever that
>came
> from) and sometimes the router as 192.168.254.254, which it's supposed
to
> be, and sometimes 192.168.254.255, whatever that is (the other computers
>are
> supposed to be 192.168.254.1, 3 and 4). Does w2k need an authentication
> script to get into Southern Star? If so, I need to find out what needs
to
>be
> in that file.
> The NICs are built into both m/bs, and are sometimes seen as
RTL-8169
> and sometimes as VIA Rhine II. he router is a Siemens 2614, and the
>ethernet
> bridge is a Siemens Speedstream 5360 and they work fine with the laptops
>and
> did with the Linux box until the corrupted disk got too bad.
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