.....has just got even more puzzling. I've tried the Ubuntu 7.04 live CD on another PC (the Kubuntu one) and internet is fully working. No problems at all. Correct sub net mask and everything. So, any ideas? I'm all ears... The built in network card works fine otherwise by the way...that is, with XP running from a hard drive.

On 17/10/2007, Matthew <m(a)ingsoc.eu&gt; wrote: > In theory that would really only stop you accessing other networks in > the same /16 as you.. That's about what I thought... as far as my knowledge of TCP/IP goes. I am admittedly very rusty :-( > Can you ping your default gateway? Do you have an arp entry for it? Ah, didn't even bother trying that... I should have tried pinging the router. > Can you ping a random host on the internet that you know responds? Now that I did try. I gave the Ubuntu forums a go and Yahoo Mail. Yahoo had been responding fine all morning and it did so when I popped the HDD back in place. Nothing from either host with the live CD, either CD too. > If all that works - can you resolve hostnames? Sorry, now I'm lost... I should know and did know but cannot remember the difference between a host and host name. > Are you using a cable router which may limit service to a specific > ethernet card.? > Nope, it's a standard phone line router (on BT network). It works fine with the hard drive in place and booted from that. Same router etc, etc. It's just these two Linux live CD's. Which Ubuntu at least does work with another PC coming through to the exact same router... I couldn't try the Sabayon one due to it needing more graphics memory than that particular PC has at present. That last will change very soon :-) -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug