Re: Help Getting Connected to Internet
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:40:12 +0200, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> What kind of n.i.c. card in the old computer? You could need a new
> n.i.c. card in the old computer or the card may need to be reseated.
> Did that old computer fall off of anything or get hit really hard
> between when it was last working and now? If so, that's a reseat or
> replacement. To reseat you need to open the computer and remove the
> n.i.c. card and check the connector that goes into the computer along
> the bottom edge of the card for corosion. Any corosion needs to be
> cleaned off before it returns to the computer. Before you return the
> card to the computer though, you need to make sure you got clear sinuses
> and smell that card all over. Any odor of smoke, and it's time to
> replace the card since that puppy has been fried. Fortunately those
> don't cost as much as they once did if that's what's needed. Good luck,
> networks aren't always the fastest things to sort out.
Hi Jude,
You might be on to something here. I took the old computer out of its
cubby hole and opened it up and just 'looked' inside. I didn't re-seat
anything, just looked. I put it back, reconnected all cables, and went
to lunch. When I returned, I logged onto one of my other computers, and
used the broswer to look at the log for the router. To my surprise, it
showed some entries from the old computer, so I went over to the old
computer and tried to ping Berkeley and to my further surprise, Burkeley
answered. So I fired up Firefox on the old computer and it connected to
www.debian.org. It has been working now with no problems for about three
hours. I really didn't fix it, but it is working. Of course, if there
is something that is loose, or intermittent, or damaged, it is going to
fail again soon, but at the moment, it is working.
As you can tell, I am not experienced with Debian. My next goal is to
get gcc and all its support (emacs, make, various compilers and
assemblers) loaded onto this old machine. I imagine I can read and
figure out where and how to do this, but if this is a no brainer for you,
and you care to give me a receipe (step by step procedure) for doing it,
that would be great. If not, no problem, I'll figure it out.
Anyway, THANKS to all who helped. I may be back since, as I said, I
didn't fix it, it just started working. (This is probably the worst kind
of problem to have - or have fixed.)
Ed
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