Ethernet problem -- Network completely dies

2003-09-30 Thread Zach Archer
Hi. I just installed Debian Woody on my PowerPC 6500/225. After the initial shock, everything seems to be working and I've even set up SSH accounts for my friends, and am hosting a webserver... Just like a real system admin!!! Woo, Yay for me A little about the setup: I have DSL, connected to

Re: Ethernet problem -- Network completely dies

2003-10-01 Thread Zach Archer
The 6500 has some quirks, I've got a couple of the 250 MHz model, and have had plenty of annoyance dealing with these issues. Just to be sure, if you do "ifdown eth0" then "ifup eth0", does it re-enable the ethernet? Thanks, in fact if the computer's network has hung, then the command "ifdown e

Spam alert

2003-10-01 Thread Zach Archer
Hi. I started receiving a whole lot of spam last night, shortly after subscribing and posting to this newsgroup for the first time. I'm not sure which brand of net-annoyant it is, but I'm receiving a lot of messages with big .exe files attached (funny that I can't open these in my macintosh hou

Re: Spam alert

2003-10-01 Thread Zach Archer
At 8:12 PM -0700 10/1/03, Robert Persson wrote: I have also just subscribed and I am wondering about these emails. I am subscribed to a number of lists so I don't know which one these come from. Are the Debian lists particularly prone to this sort of stuff, or have we just been unlucky? I co

Re: Ethernet problem -- Network completely dies

2003-10-01 Thread Zach Archer
At 9:33 PM -0700 9/30/03, Chris Tillman wrote: But it's quite likely there could be some oxidation on the 6500's connector pins. This might be helped by simply plugging and unplugging the cable, say 100 times, to rub through the oxidation layer. Hmm well I'll give it a shot. Related question: