Ethernet problem on eeecp 1000HD (Atheros Controller)

[Bill Davidsen]

Alessandro Boggiano wrote:
> Hi all,
> just tried Fedora 11 on my eeepc 1000HD: is great! ;)
> 
> But I have this strange problem in the office:
> I can ping every machine on my net, but not the router (so I can't even 
> update).
> 
> I tried to modprobe the module with the parameter media_type=[0-4] but 
> the result is the same.
> I tried ubuntu 9.04 on a usb stick: the same! :(
> 
> I really don't know what to do now!
> 
> *ANY* idea will be appreciated !
> 
> kernel 2.6.29.1-102.fc11
> 
> The output of lspci is:
> 
Probably irrelevant.

This is almost certainly a routing problem, assuming that your router even 
responds to ping.

Thing to try:
- ping the router a few times: ping -c3 -w5 router_IP
- see if the router responded: arp -a
- netstat -r

One more thing, if your network admin is properly paranoid, your unknown MAC 
address got a special IP from DHCP, and it will be in a range treated 
differently than "known" IP's given to known machines. I certainly have it set 
up like that, you may as well.

> Thanks
> Alessandro
> 


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