Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:31 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > >> Sorry, but I don't have a clue of what your problem *is*. Are you saying >> you had a surge, and it burned out the NIC, and you're trying to use an >> card? >> >> Also, what kind of connection do you have: is it T-3, T-1, DSL, FIOS, or >> cable? > I had a surge and made onboard Intel Port inoperational. > > In a hurry, due to my then budget and my stupidity bought this cards > which just has a .c file under its linux folder in its driver floppy. Oy. What's the make and model of the card? > > My connection is coming from Local ISP a franchisee of Pacenet ISP > called BBPaceThane. > > I have a CAT5 cable running from a switch froma a 7-story building to > 5th floor. Ah. Here's a question: are you *sure* that you have a working connection, and that they're not dead? Personal note: several times, I've had 'Net access via the cable TV/ISP, and the ->ethernet port<- on the cable modem burned out: they could ping the modem, but I couldn't. Replace the cable modem, everything's wonderful. So, be aware that such a thing can happen. I only knew about it because, the first time it happened, I was going crazy trying to figure out what was gone, and mentioned it to a guy who ran a computer store, and he'd seen it happen. > > I am compelled to use windows to access internet which I dont want to. Ugh! mark