Re: network

["Mark Lanett" <mlanett@frohike.com>]

From: "Jason Boxman" <jasonb@edseek.com>

> I like to check /var/log/dmesg and syslog.  The card that cannot ping or
be
> pinged may actually be experiencing a hardware issue.  I had a card once
that
> I was able to assign an IP to, but it failed to function.  It turns out it
> was an IRQ conflict.  Moving the card to another PCI slot resolved the
issue.

I had the same problem. I had plug&play turned on in the bios, for 'doze. My
#2 network card suffered an IRQ conflict under linux, which I resolved by
turning off p&p in the bios.

~mark