On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Apr 23, mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote
> > tried all of these.   Still can't make it go.  Can't ping the name server.
> > I'm 100% sure the network drop is active (works under windows), also 100%
> > sure of the IP addresses involved.
> 
> 
> What kind of ethernet chip it is ? a DEC ?
I'm actually not sure.  How would I find out?  Its on the motherboard
which is pretty covered by other stuff.  I actually looked in the manual
(Dell Optiplex) and it just specified the connector type.

> Once the ping failed, can you ^C; type 'ifconfig -a' and tell
> wether the OACTIVE flag is set ?
I'll try that next time I'm in the office (in a day or 2).  

Thanks
-Dan