command for downloading a package to save

[Steven Vollom]

On Sunday 14 June 2009 09:47:38 pm Billie Erin Walsh wrote:
> David McGlone wrote:
> > On Sunday 14 June 2009 05:17:09 pm Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> On Sunday 14 June 2009 20:37:07 Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> >>> After you return from your break, please issue this command
> >>> on your laptop:
> >>> sudo ifconfig

steven at steven-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:02:93:4f:8c
          inet addr:192.168.1.64  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::208:2ff:fe93:4f8c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:70958 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:62517 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:74112186 (74.1 MB)  TX bytes:8969135 (8.9 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB)  TX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB)

steven at steven-laptop:~$

At the moment, I am connected directly to the DSL modem, not the router.

> >>>
> >>> usually, one of the interfaces will have an address
> >>> beginning with 192.168.x.y
> >>
> >> Eberhard -
> >>
> >> Stephen said that he cannot connect through his router, but only
> >> directly through his DSL modem.  If this is correct, and if the term DSL
> >> modem means the same thing his side of the pond as it does here (by no
> >> means a forgone conclusion), his laptop must be connecting directly with
> >> his ISP, probably with a dynamic IP, and it is not going to tell us
> >> anything about his network.
> >
> > It might not reveal much, but it will give us a starting point. It'll
> > help us figure out whether he is calling his modem a router or he
> > actually has a router.
> >
> > I used to think the way you do, and I failed the A+ Cert 1 time because
> > of that thinking.
> >
> > After 10 years, I learned to start with the most simplest of problems and
> > work your way up.
> >
> > A perfect example, last year I got a computer in for repair, I tried
> > turning it on  No fan, no lights, zilch, Nada. My first reaction was the
> > power supply, so I drive 25 minutes to get a new power supply, popped it
> > in and still got zilch, no power, no lights. I assumed they sold me a bad
> > power supply so I returned it, popped in the new one an hour later, still
> > Nada.
> >
> > Finally I took the faceplate to check the wiring to the power button and
> > found that the plastic "stem" on the power button that pushes the button
> > on the chassis was broken!
> >
> > So I put the original power supply back in and returned the brand new one
> > once again, replaced the power button on the case and the computer is
> > still working to this day.

That sounds like the problem with my laptop.
>
> Sometimes the simplest problems are the hardest to fix. Simple problems
> are often overlooked because they are so simple.
>
> --
> Treat all stressful situations like a dog does.

> If you can't eat it or play with it,
> just pee on it and walk away

Do you want me to reconnect to the router.  I don't have it set up to operate 
wirelessly, it is just set up to serve two cabled computers.  It is not  a 
problem.  I believe we are on the same side of the water with terminology.  My 
modem is a DSL modem telephone in, power in, Eth cable to computer.

The router is a D-link Air Plus extreme wireless,  but I don't have it set up 
for wireless.  I really don't need it that way at the moment.

Thanks!
Steven


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