[PLUG] Re: Networking Gremlins

[patrick.t.finnegan.1]

On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Brad Calvert wrote:

> Please help?  Anyone?
>
> when I run TCPDUMP, nothing comes up and in ifconfig theres like 300000
> dropped packets.  I cant figure it out... it should be recieving something,
> the lights are flashing like mad.  but RX and TX are both 0.
>
> Someone has to have an idea.
> Brad

I know it sounds obvious, but check that the network cable is still good.
You also may want to try using a different network card - the problem is
much more likely to be a hardware problem than a software thing.

-- Pat

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