Re: Can't find cable internet connection
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Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:39:55PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
>> I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x
>> chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over
>> a cable modem.
>>
>> For the last two days I have been unable to access the Internet. When I
>> reboot with an old Kanotix live-cd, the Internet is accessible. How do I
>> go about diagnosing what the problem is? Any troublesome package
>> upgrades recently? Any idea what the problem might be?
>>
> I am guessing that you connect to the cable modem either through a
> cable/dsl router or directly to the cable modem via a cat5 cable.
>
> What output do you get from '/sbin/ifconfig' and '/sbin/route -n' ?
>
> Regards,
>
> -Roberto
>
Obvious question first: Are the lights all lit on the cable modem? Try
powering off the cable modem for 30 seconds then restart it. After that
turn on the pc. After that /sbin/ifconfig.
good times,
Chris
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