can't connect - what do I look for? (solved, but educate me)

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shengchieh

can't connect - what do I look for? (solved, but educate me)

Post by shengchieh »

I can't connect to the internet with my desktop which has L.M. Fluxbox 9. I'm
typing this from my laptop. The desktop use ethernet connection. So far I tried

1. Reboot the desktop. (not because AT&T rebooted)
2. LiveCD using L. M. Fluxbox 9. (not an OS problem)
3. Used the DSL wire for the laptop (unplug from laptop and plug into desktop) - I know
this wire works since I'm using it right now. (not a DSL wire problem)

I suspicious I may have a hardware problem. The desktop is 3.5 years old and was a
low end model back then. So now it is a dinosaur. The lspci data is at

http://shengchieh.50webs.com/Desktoplspci.txt

I plan to open it up after late lunch unless someone has a better idea.

Sheng-Chieh

UPDATE: 12pm. I did lspci on the desktop and got

01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

so it still see the ethernet card
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b-rock

Re: can't connect - what do I look for?

Post by b-rock »

is this a new install?

or did it work before and it just stopped working?
shengchieh

Re: can't connect - what do I look for?

Post by shengchieh »

worked before and then stopped working. But...

We found the problem. The problem was with the wireless repeater dying. So the signal got less and less.

Funny, before the problem was found, the internet on the laptop, which has L.M. LXDE 9, works fine, but the internet on the desktop, which has L.M.
fluxbox 9, didn't. But are being connected to a "hub" which receives the wireless signal and sent the signal thru DSL cable (cat5). The desktop is only
a few feet from the laptop using the same "hub".

So now educate me. Why did the laptop's internet works, but not the desktop's internet? Is it because the desktop uses more power or is it because
L.M. Fluxbox "discriminates" the signal worst than L.M. LXDE?

Sheng-Chieh
DrHu

Re: can't connect - what do I look for? (solved, but educate

Post by DrHu »

I think it could be that the notebook was also receiving and thereby trapping the signal, preventing the second machine (the desktop) from receiving properly..
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