networking curiosity

[david]

On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 03:29 -0500, nocturn wrote:
> The boxes and hardware may look identical, but maybe they differ
> slightly.
> Some products with the same type-number can have different hardware,
> this happens a lot with NICs.
> 
> The main difference between your Ubuntu and Mandrake will be the
> kernel, (I think MDK runs 2.4, while the livecd uses 2.6).  MDK kernels
> are somewhat patched while Ubuntu should use vanilla.
> 
> If you have the chance, try a 2.6 kernel on the MDK setup.
> 
> 
> -- 
> nocturn
> 

All sorted now,
the wretched printer had the same IP address that I was trying to assign
to the machine.
Though this goes no way to explaining why Ubuntu could use the address
when Mandrake couldn't. Given that the address was already in use on the
same LAN.

Thanks for the suggestions.

David