Screwy network

[Colin Law]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2022, 18:36 rikona, <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 09:31:12 -0800
> MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I run Xubuntu 21.10 on my desktop (and 20.04 on all my other
> > computers). It has wired and wireless connections built into the mobo
> > (ASUS TUF270X).
> >
> > This morning, the wired connection didn't work at all, so I enabled
> > the wifi.  That works, partly.  I can reach the internet and am
> > writing this in Chrome Gmail through the wifi.
> >
> > However, for all my local machines that are also on the same router,
> > mostly wifi, I cannot ping them from the desktop and they cannot ping
> > the desktop remotely.
> >
> > On the other machines, I can reach the other connections, including
> > the internet, but not the desktop.
> >
> > I rebooted the desktop (radical Windows solution, I know), but that
> > made no difference except to confirm that the wire to the router is
> > failing.  I need to replace that wire anyway, but it has been working
> > for the most part until now (again), with only intermittent failures
> > that didn't cripple the wifi or impact them in any other way.
> >
> > Also, I'm showing three icons for the network on the panel - two in
> > the notification app and one of its own.  Never seen that before.
> >
> > I'm totally baffled by this.  Where do I look to see if I can find out
> > what the heck is going on?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Mark
>
> Did you reboot the router?  Given your past posts, I'd suggest getting
> a NEW router - specifically a *MESH* router with at least two units.
> Something like an Orbi - they work well.
>

If rebooting the router doesn't fix it, what does
ipb a
give you on the failing machine and one of the others? That should tell you
if they are on different subnets, for example.

Do the other machines work on the WiFi?

Colin


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