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List:       opensolaris-install-discuss
Subject:    Re: [install-discuss] general newbie woes
From:       James Carlson <james.d.carlson () sun ! com>
Date:       2008-08-07 13:29:15
Message-ID: 18586.63659.872193.482581 () gargle ! gargle ! HOWL
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angus writes:
> I think there may be a drive issue with my network card, there is some \
> unpredictable behaviour going on - but by turning off the router and the computer \
> at the wall, then booting them both at same time I have now on 2 occasions managed \
> to get onto the net:

That sounds like an unreliable router and/or a driver problem.  If you
can capture snoop traces (using "-o" to save the binary output) when
the problem occurs, that might help narrow down the problems.

> which all looks pretty normal?

Yes, that all looks normal for a system sitting behind a NAT that runs
DHCP.  (A typical consumer-grade "router.")

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