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mathieu ward wrote:
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Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:50:35 +0000<br>
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:neil@nwjones.demon.co.uk">neil@nwjones.demon.co.uk</a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:discuss@swlug.org.uk">discuss@swlug.org.uk</a><br>
Subject: Re: [SWLUG] Diagnosing router problems<br>
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Matt Willsher wrote:
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<pre>On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Neil Jones <a
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<pre>Can an yone advise me how I can rule out a router problem?
At present this my windows box is connecting to the net but my linux
machine is not.
Te router has several sets of lights but only one pair is lit, which
seems to correspond with the windows machine.
Any ideas?
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<pre>Is the Linux box cabled to the router or wireless? If cabled, replace
the cable and see if that works.
More information about your set up would be useful...
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<pre>Two computers one Running Mandriva 2008 other Win XP. connected to Cable Modem TPlink TP-R490 Router by Cable.
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At present this XP computer is working. Although isn't always. It is up
and down like a yoyo. The linux one isn't<br>
working at least every time I go into the next room it isn't. I have
tried by passing the router and plugging the line from the cable modem
into the linux box and it does not work even after rebooting.
Everything is cabled together not wireless. This suggests a <br>
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The big problem is that it is intermittent. Virgin's engineer is either
going to find it working or that I am running a non-standard
system.that is unsupported.<br>
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hi Neil<br>
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Let me see if i under stand this, even if you connect your linux box
direct to the cable modem bypassing the router<br>
you are still unable to connect to the internet? if so are you sure
the ethernet scocket on your linux machine's mother board is fully
operational or that you have working drivers?<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Mathieu<br>
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As for Virgin i can't say their's is the smothest service all the time,
and customer service is lacking in areas. But i have some issuses using
a router on my home system that causes the router to crash and needs to
be reset ( crash frequency depends on ammount of traffic, more traffic
upstream = more crashes)<br>
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Well the drivers should be OK since I have changed nothing recently.The
socket should be OK as I haven't changed it.<br>
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However a problem with the linux box wouldn't explain the symptoms with
the Windows box. I hadn't even tested the linux box since this problem
started.<br>
I have been out a lot since this problem started and I have been using
software which will only run on windows a lot recently. I am also able
to test the operation of the windows box more often because it is right
next to my bed. I can surf and read my email without getting out from
under the duvet if I have to.<br>
I have tried it several times in the middle of the night to rule out
traffic congestion issues. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't and
this can change at random.<br>
I can try it at 4 am and it doesn't work and again at 6 and it does and
I have done nothing since I am still in bed.<br>
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The problem is that the virgin support seems to have a standard answer
of "your equipment is faulty i'll send out an engineer". I'd rather
find and fix the problem first if it is at my end since that is what I
will have to do anyway since they do not support my equipment.<br>
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