| Well, I've got past the occasional freeze on boot (if by past I mean I put up with it when it happens). I got myself a usb ethernet card, a 3c19250, as many seem to suggest. It was factory suggested anyhow and I just want to get this thing talking to the internet. I'm connecting to a linksys router and I set up everything with the static ip info outlined <a href="http://www.shed.com/tutor/audrey/softupdate.html" target=new>here</a>. Basically, I set the ip address to 192.168.1.100, the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0, my router ip is 192.168.1.1 and I set the primary and secondary DNS to what everyone has been using recently. Didn't work. I turned the thing off for a while and reconnected it. Didn't work. It doesn't get the time automatically, and when I put all that info in, it isn't able to connect to any websites, or even the router. The connection should be fine. The USB ethernet card seems to be fine, however, when the ethernet cable is plugged in, both the link and activity light are permanently on. My only theory is that I'm telling the audrey to use a specific IP when my router automatically assigns them, which may cause a conflict. I'm not sure how sound that is. Can anyone help me out? | |
