That Compac Presario again no networking

[NoOp]

On 07/19/2009 02:03 PM, Jay Daniels wrote:
> These kids are driving me crazy to fix this pos computer...  This is the
> second post on this matter, I gave up the first time.
> 
> I can't understand this Compac Presario.  I have no networking, but for
> all I know according to ifconifg, route, etc. It should be working.
> Linksys assigned ip and updated resolv.conf  I tried 8.04 and 9.04 and
> slackware 10!
> 
> I have an ip, I can even see atlabs-1 on the linksys.
> 
> Why won't networking work on this cheap walmart computer with Realtek
> 8139too loaded and /etc/resolv.conf is updated but nothing working,
> ping, localnet, nothing.
> 
> Worked perfect in XP, even tried swapping cables and ports.
> 
> Any ideas short of throwing a nic at it?  Would it be easier to get a
> linksys usb wifi adapter to work on this junk?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Presario
Care to try again with some details?