[TriLUG] NICe kNowledge to have...

[Bryan Kelly]

Just got the linksys box and it seems to solve the problem. I asked the 
questions cuz' I was mostly interested in what was going on underneath 
the covers and how to find out. I guess I will just keep peeling back 
the onion a little at a time.

bryan

Jon Carnes wrote:

>This isn't going to be extremely helpful, but...
>
> - Replace your network card, with one that has an X-Jack connector.  Never,
>never, never get a PCcard that has a simple slide in/pull out connector,
>because that is exactly what it will do: pull out, and when you need it
>most...
> - Buy an el cheapo firewall like a linksys box  ($120) and plug your cable
>connection straight into it, then you pull you network off of that.  Run
>wild and free behind this and then don't worry, be happy.
>
> - Have you tried pulling your network card and then re-inserting it?  If
>your PCMCIA is working correctly, and your network scripts are working
>correctly, then it should all work fairly fast - everything that is except
>for the loooong wait for RoadRunners DHCP servers to honor your request for
>an IP address (which would be avoided by the use of a small firewall...)
>
>Jon
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bryan Kelly" <bryankelly at ktti.com>
>To: <trilug at trilug.org>
>Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 1:26 AM
>Subject: [TriLUG] NICe kNowledge to have...
>
>
>>Gang,
>>
>>I have a couple of questions about a nuisance that I haven't been able
>>to solve. First, let me mention that I have Roadrunner access on my
>>laptop, running basically RH6.1.
>>
>>Issue #1, the cable that plugs into the NIC comes out fairly easilty.
>>Sometime when it is out I cannot get the modem to restore the
>>connection. Normally, I just lauch netcfg as root and deactivate
>>followed by reactivating the ppp connection on eth0. But sometimes it
>>doesn't work. I  believe netcfg basically runse some network scripts in
>>the /etc/*/ directory. When this doesn't work, what is the next thing to
>>try? If tried ifconfig eth0 down and then back up again and I have tried
>>to get pump to renew the address, but neither seem to have any effect.
>>The only think I know to do is to shutdown and then reboot which brings
>>me to the second question.
>>
>>Issue#2, following the scenario above, I shutdown and the sequence
>>begins, only it hangs when it gets to ...shutting down eth0... for many
>>minutes. How can I get around this? cancel
>>this part of the shutdown, ect?
>>
>>
>>bryan
>>
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