barbaara fberg wrote: > I could not wait to get home today to try your suggestions. > I did not know how to open a console window so tried emax text editor > and text editor. > Then I use used the system settings and went to network and put in the > password to get to network config. Hit Alt+F2. Type gnome-terminal or konsole to get a console window. > I checked the box on the left and checked activate. a box came up > checking my connection > it failed no link present. I must have the numbers in the wrong places. > I will call my internet connection and see what numbers I have messed up. > Sorry this has been so hard and taken so much time. Is there a green light that is on on the port where the network cable is plugged in? Type mii-tool in the console window and let us know what it says. It should be something like this: [root at localhost ~]# mii-tool eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok > I had to wait to used my husband's machine when he was napping. > 24 years ago just before he got out of the service they found cancer and > fixed it. > It came back more aggressively and he has had chemo each week. 4 more > weeks to go. so he was resting a lot over the holiday before he has to > do it again. I am sorry to hear about your husband's condition. I hope he has the strength to see it through this time round.