<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'DejaVu Sans'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">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@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@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 </body></html>