From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Hk4Vx-0004UR-00 for ; Fri, 04 May 2007 16:36:29 -0400 Received: (qmail 8472 invoked by uid 1000); 4 May 2007 13:34:58 -0700 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:34:58 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Ethernet card Problem Message-ID: <20070504203458.GA8437@localhost.localdomain> References: <20070504201740.GA21784@lava-net.com> <7E2896916DF74277BD1060187E0E22E2@pringles> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7E2896916DF74277BD1060187E0E22E2@pringles> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 20:36:29 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, he could do that, but by doing so, he'd be pinging his loopback interface, which would in no way help him diagnose his ethernet card problem. Assuming his ethernet card gets an IP assigned to it, he could then ping that IP, thus testing the functionality of the ethernet card. Greg On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 03:29:40PM -0500, Richard Villa wrote: > He could try and ping the machine itself. 127.0.0.0 - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGO5jy7s9z/XlyUyARAtA1AJ0Sql/rrvD4edWSQyQ1dPXOWIwMeACglTW8 F4Hzg+9kR4OF1yZTi83ydek= =nCnV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----