3Com Gigabit LAN not seeing Router or Net

[Tim Rutherford]

Thanks Nick. I've just run opened Network settings and executed the
wizard that pops up. I selected Automatic(DHCP) and then OK, OK, etc.
The "Active" check mark appears briefly and then resets.

Any idea how to get it running right?
T


On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 11:56:07 +1000, Nick Kamenyitzky <nick at nerdforce.net> wrote:
> If ping is giving the message "network is unreachable" then you haven't
> set your static ip settings right
> 
> basically all you need to be able to ping your router is an ip address
> and the correct subnet mask
> 
> dhcp should just work (it is set up out of the box for the linksys)
> unless you have specifically disabled it (which i don't see why you
> would have).
> 
> try using dhcp and see how it goes
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Rutherford wrote:
> 
> >This is a recurring problem for me -
> >Asus P4P800 has builtin 3Com Gigabit LAN  (aka sk98lin or 3c940)
> >on my system it's connected to Linksys router & telco ADSL. Works just
> >fine under That Other OS (and Mandrake) but ubuntu, well..
> >
> >No autoconfigure with DHCP (do I need special settings on router, BEFSR41?)
> >When I set IP addresses manually I still cannot "see" the IP address
> >of the router. Ping gives "Network is unreachable".
> >
> >If I take Computer > System Configuration > Networking then I see eth0
> >is there, but will not Activate. The check mark stays for <1 sec. I
> >have manually entered my hostname (probably no benefit there) and DNS
> >values from my router.  Hosts has six entries, most with ip6 in the
> >Alias.
> >
> >What's up wizards?
> >
> >TIA
> >Tim
> >
> >
> >
> 



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