On 6 August 2011 01:25, Gavin Elliot Jones <ga...@grassfield.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I'm not sure I understand when you mean "was it detected during the > install procedure". > What I was asking was if it was detected during a new install of Debian, or was it connected to an already established O.S.? > > For the 7800N there wasn't anything to install. I simply plugged the > rounter into the power adapter then connected a laptop directly to it > via an ethernet port. If I remember correctly I had to manually set the > laptops IP address to initially talk to the 7800N in order to turn on > the DHCP server. Once that was done I connected the 7800N to my network > and all my computers were able to communicate just fine. > I can't get anywhere near it to configure anything. It's looking as though I have a bug of some sort in the operating system. I might have to try a new install. Looks like the only option left. Tried to ping and tcptraceroute with the only reaction either way 'No network present'. Long process getting back to SID with a Lenny disc. Thanks for your help. Regards, Weaver -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
