On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 01:18:27PM +0530, Kailash wrote: > On Friday 13 September 2013 10:12 AM, Robert Holtzm wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:23:50AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:13:30 -0700 > >> Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:22:38AM -0400, Tom H wrote: > >>> > >>> ........snip....... > >>>> > >>>> What's "no-auto-default=00:21:CC:B6:06:8F,"?! > >>>> > >>>> I've never seen "no-auto-default=..." before but I'd blame it for > >>>> your NIC not coming up automatically since "00...8F" is its MAC > >>>> address! > >>> > >>> That line is commented out. Not sure why it didn't show up that way > >>> in my post. Tried uncommenting it with no effect. I don't understand > >>> what it's doing there. Pinging my router as root still gives > >>> "Operation not permitted". It says I'm sending packets but none are > >>> received. > >>> > >>> At this point I'm completely snowed to the point where I'm tempted to > >>> try the M$ solution (reload the OS). So far I'm fighting the > >>> temptation. > >> > >> Daft as it sounds, have you tried rebooting? That might well clear the > >> bottleneck, hopefully :) > > > > Any number of times, after any change. Don't know if it's required but > > it can't hurt. > > > Ok, so if network manager's working and you have a valid IP address, and > you can't ping, then there may be some issue you with routing. > $routel > might be a good starting point. Not sure (that's a euphemism for haven't a clue) what routel is telling me. With the ethernet cable plugged in and an unsuccessful ping in progress what routel shows is on http://pastebin.ca/2451397. How about a quick tutorial? Also see my reply to Tom H for the partial workaround I found. -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight lipped NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor Strangelove Key ID 8D549279
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