I am unable to ping anything on my network. When I look at the router config (from another machine on my network) I can see my Linux but not ping it. When I boot the Linux box into xp I can connect to the network and internet without a problem ( I am doing so as I write this in fact). Someone previously askes to see the output from dmesg, lsmod and lspci so they are below. The only thing I heard was buy another nic card but that shouldn't be necessary. This card works with xp and did work with the ubuntu live cd before I installed to a partition on the HD (now neither ubuntu will connect to the net). Some ideas please. dmesg ============================== <div id="mb_4">============ r 0000. eth0: PCI bus error, bus status 80000020 eth0: Host error, FIFO diagnostic register 0000. eth0: PCI bus error, bus status 80000020 eth0: Host error, FIFO diagnostic register 0000. eth0: PCI bus error, bus status 80000020 eth0: Too much work in interrupt, status e003. // *Lots More of the same // eth0: Host error, FIFO diagnostic register 0000. eth0: PCI bus error, bus status 80000020 eth0: Host error, FIFO diagnostic register 0000. eth0: PCI bus error, bus status 80000020 eth0: Too much work in interrupt, status e003. lsmod ===================================== Module Size Used by nls_iso8859_1 4352 1 nls_cp437 6016 1 vfat 13312 1 fat 41792 1 vfat proc_intf 3968 0 freq_table 4356 0 cpufreq_userspace 5336 0 cpufreq_powersave 2048 0 ipv6 230020 8 button 6936 0 ac 5132 0 battery 9740 0 af_packet 20872 2 3c59x 36776 0 snd_intel8x0 33068 3 snd_ac97_codec 59268 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss 48168 0 snd_mixer_oss 16640 3 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 85540 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 23172 1 snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 11144 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm gameport 4736 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_mpu401_uart 7296 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_rawmidi 23232 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 7944 1 snd_rawmidi snd 50660 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mix er_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device soundcore 9824 3 snd usb_storage 59200 1 uhci_hcd 29328 0 usbcore 104292 4 usb_storage,uhci_hcd hw_random 5652 0 pci_hotplug 30640 0 intel_agp 20512 1 agpgart 31784 1 intel_agp rtc 12216 0 pcspkr 3816 0 floppy 54996 0 md 44744 0 dm_mod 51068 1 capability 4872 0 commoncap 7168 1 capability parport_pc 32064 1 lp 10436 0 parport 37320 2 parport_pc,lp tsdev 7168 0 evdev 9088 0 ide_cd 38276 0 cdrom 35872 1 ide_cd mousedev 10124 1 psmouse 17800 0 sd_mod 20480 2 scsi_mod 115148 2 usb_storage,sd_mod ext3 109544 1 jbd 54552 1 ext3 ide_generic 1664 0 piix 12576 1 ide_disk 16768 3 ide_core 125272 5 usb_storage,ide_cd,ide_generic,piix,ide_disk unix 25904 670 fan 4236 0 thermal 13200 0 processor 17712 1 thermal font 8576 0 vesafb 6688 0 cfbcopyarea 3968 1 vesafb cfbimgblt 3200 1 vesafb cfbfillrect 3712 1 vesafb lspci ========================================= 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) (rev 03) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15) 0000:02:0b.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex) 0000:02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78) -- Carlton "Kermit" Noles ================== Qui tacet consentit---"he who remains silent consents" ================== Want your own GMail Account? Ask Me for an invite.</div>