Very Computer

                                                        Thanks
                                                                Mike

    I have even substituted a different hard drive with a different
version of Linux. It happens to be Slackware 7.0 and it
can establish a network connection with the same ethernet card
and other hardware.

possible problems:

1. IP adresses, all have to be same class refering to subnet 255.255.255.0,
meaning your ip sdresses can only vary in the last three digits.

2. cables. check connections and cable

thomas

Quote:> Hi,
>     I have a 486 DX2-66 system with 32 mb . I have installed
> Debian 2.1 on it. As far as I can tell the settings are correct,
> but I can't seem to establish a network connection to my other
> computers via ethernet.
>     ifconfig shows that the connection is up.
>     route -n shows the correct routing.
>     /etc/hosts have all the ip numbers and names of the
>     computers on the network.
>     I have looked at the running ethernet modules and they
>     are the correct ones. (ne and 8390)
>     I have disabled the ipmasq function and restarted the
>     network functions. Still I can't ping any other systems
>     and they can't ping the 486.
>       Any ideas will be well appreciated.

>                                                         Thanks
>                                                                 Mike

>     I have even substituted a different hard drive with a different
> version of Linux. It happens to be Slackware 7.0 and it
> can establish a network connection with the same ethernet card
> and other hardware.

Your card maybe using the wrong port, BNC,AUI,RJ45 ?

karl.