[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Bialasinski) writes: >Maybe some interrupt conflict or such? Check /proc/interrupts
Already done. I hesitated to provide too much or irrelevant information initially, so I'll give a more complete picture now. The box is as basic as possible: 486/33, 16mb RAM, plain all-isa mobo, trident s3 w/mono VGA, the ne2000 clone (at a very plain-jane IRQ and IO base, 3-300), 3.5" floppy and 250Mb hard drive. All the /proc stuff checks out okay AFA possible hardware conflicts. >Did you try to ping or telnet to your box from some other host in the >net? Does the RX line in ifconfig show received packages? Yes, and no. As before, the ping works fine under LOAF. Wish I had more time and energy to compare a few different distros on this box; this is truly a weird beast. Right now I'm booted to LOAF, in fact, so I can telnet downstairs and compose this message... >Pinging your own IP won't use the interface, so this should always >work and is no indicator for a proper setup. Thanks for clearing that up; I had been under the assumption that using the loopback interface (127.0.0.1) would not use eth0, but that using the "real" local address would at least use that interface, if not go out over the wire. Maybe it's time to try reading the RFC's again, after a few years of getting familiar with the basic concepts of TCP and actually slogging my way through some books on the subject; the 30th anniversary one, as well as 2196 (determining security policy for Internet hosts) reminded me that there's nothing like the original source. -i -- I let go of the law, and people become honest / I let go of economics, and people become prosperous / I let go of religion, and people become serene / I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass. .oOo. [Tao Te Ching, Chapter 57, Stephen Mitchell translation]
