Re: Newbie networking
>> "dj" == damaged justice <frogfarm@geocities.com> writes:
dj> martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de (Martin Bialasinski) writes:
>> ifconfig eth0 reports the right values?
dj> Correct. It does take many seconds to report back after hitting
dj> ENTER, which goes against my experience.
Indeed. Very strange. Maybe some interrupt conflict or such? Check
/proc/interrupts
>> Install tcpdump and check the networktraffic for more hints.
dj> Done. I'm still poking and will report back; for now, the only
dj> traffic that shows up is ARP who-has requests for whatever IP
dj> numbers I try to reach.
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?
Pinging your own IP won't use the interface, so this should always
work and is no indicator for a proper setup.
Ciao,
Martin
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