Re: [SLE] 9.0 laptop route prob

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:03:25 -0500
To: wa3knk@starpower.net, suse-linux-e@suse.com

wa3knk@starpower.net spun around three times and spewed forth the
following nonsense on 3/30/2005 7:06 PM:

> On this local lan, the laptop only gets through the
>router sometimes.
>
> And that
>because I go Yast - network services - routing table - expert
>config.
>
>Destination 192.168.1.107
>Gateway 192.168.1.1
>Network 255.255.255.0
>Device eth0
>That might work fine until I close and reopen Konqueror.--
>nothing.
>Now if I blank out the above it might be ok again untill the
>browser is recycled
>off and on.
>I got that from google, but need help to stabilize this.
>.. Thanks John
>~
>
>
>
>
John,

What exactly do you mean by "gets through to the router"? Without more
information, here are a couple of things to think about:

1) DHCP:
   a) are you using a static IP on a network with dhcp servers? If so,
one of the routers may be assigning the same ip you're trying to use
   b) is the card configured to use dhcp? It's a little strange that
you're having to do this in advanced. are you getting a message about
trying to modify files that are in use by dhcp? you may be confusing
things here by not having consistent settings. Try deleting the card in
network hardware, then adding it back, instead of modifying it, and
rebooting.

2) DNS:
   You haven't mentioned looking into it yet, but it's by far the most
common network problem, especially with laptops. If you set it up at
home, those DNS servers may not be available, or may not function
correctly at work, and vice versa. A poorly implemented DHCP
server/router may not provide servers correctly via dhcp (Linksys is
notorious for this). Or a host of other things. And DNS issues are
weird, inconsistent, and difficult to diagnose. There's a big gap
between what "should" happen, and what specific implementations actually do.
   Manually enter at least two servers that you know are good for your
location. And just for good measure, reboot, or at least drop down to
single-user and back up. This is actually my prime suspect. The
settings may have been overwritten at some point with the wireless card.

3) HARDWARE:
   Is this built-in or PCMCIA ethernet? If PCMCIA, is it one of those
horrible dongle things? PC/Cardbus cards, especially with dongles are
pretty fragile. You could easily have a broken pin or a loose wire
somewhere. It's most likely a configuration issue, but it can't hurt to
rule out hardware. If it is a card, but it in another machine and see
if it works. If it's built-in, it's probably not broken, but wiggle the
cable a little bit and see if it makes the problem worse (or better).

HTH,

--jay

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