Installed Debian, network worked.
Moved the PC to the cafe, no network.
there is a router, and plugged to that a switch.
The other PC is a WinXP.
Unplugged the WinXP cable, plugged it into Debian: still no net.
Removed /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules: still no net.
If i run:
- Code:
ifconfig
it shows the card, but no IP.
If i run
- Code:
dhclient eth0
it goes for a long time, and then gives me the command prompt back (without a result).
a) Might be the network card or the PC is simply old and hangs now and then?
or:
b) Might it be that i oversee the obvious?
I have such trouble now and then with all my (3) old PC's. Usually i boot again, boot again, open the box, unplug everything, boot again, give up. The next day it works again, as if there never would have been a problem.
Not sure if the router is confused or the network-card or me myself
(If i unplug the card and insert another one it does not help. Once the problem is there all PCs don't work anymore. Sounds like a hint for the router, but then: they all are really old -like in Pentium3).
Will use refracta-live-CD tomorrow (and antiX and grml).