Re: Lost connection

From: Lando Calresian (ingenuitas_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 10/22/03 

Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:52:25 -0400

ifconfig reports bash:command not found
when I click on the kinternet tool (the one that looks like an electical
plug-in), I see the lightning bolt but it doesn't connect. I'm
double-booting and when I go back into Windows everything's fine. This
has happened before and seems to be a feature of Linux. Internet
connection is iffy and can disappear at any time and then come back.
I've got an Hitachi laptop that I was running Mandrake on. Used wvdial
got the modem working just fine, it was amazing. Then one day, it just
quit, no apparent reason, hasn't worked since. Go figure. But thats
another story.

mjt wrote:
> Lando Calresian wrote:
>
>
>>Running SuSE 8.2 Pro. Have an external DSL modem. Was working fine,
>>then just quit. All the lights are on the modem. Went into YaST and
>>checked the network config, and it is apparently working. Any ideas
>>what went wrong?
>
>
> ... you havent provided a whole lot of info. complete h/w
> description. what does "ifconfig" report? are you SURE
> the ISP is up and running? cables/NIC checked?
> .

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