On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Alf Hardy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am currently running Redhat Linux 5.2 and have installed a network card.
> The card in question is a 3com 3c59x variant. Installation was successful
> but I am now experiencing problems pinging devices on the internetwork. I
> can ping both the localhost and the ip address of the card itself. I have
> setup the routing table with a default gateway and entered a couple of
> network entries together with their respective subnet masks.
>
> When i issue the ping command to ping the local gateway the ping command
> just sit and does nothing. I have used TCPDUMP to monitor the outbound
> traffic from the network card. IFCONFIG also shows and TX increment count as
> the ping packets are transmitted. ad in the machine that I am running it
> on?
>
> Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Alf
>
Hi Alf,
Check your cable, make sure the NIC and the hub (or switch) has a link
light. I happened to have the same problem this morning, the cable was not
plugged all the way into the wall jack...Also, make sure you are pinging
by IP address to rule out any DNS problems.
Bill Carlson
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