[Ti] Ahhhh! My ethernet is dead!

[Sam Hotchkiss]

On 12/13/03 11:06 AM, "Kynan Shook" <kynan at cs.wisc.edu> wrote:

> Hmmmm...  Could be a hardware problem; try running Apple Hardware Test.
> Also, check what appears in Apple System Profiler, let us know.  It's
> also possible that the pins are bent in your Ethernet port; frequent
> use of the port combined with a lot of jiggling the cable and not
> inserting it straight can sometimes bend the pins out of contact with
> the cable, which is very, very difficult to fix without breaking them.
> You might want to try booting off a different OS, if possible, but I'm
> going to guess that you only have one boot disk.  But if you have
> multiple ones, booting off a different drive can let you test the
> software quickly and easily.

Alright, I'm officially a moron.  The Ethernet cable had become disconnected
from the wall.

:-D

Thanks for your help, guys!
-- 
Samuel W. Hotchkiss
hotch at zlit.net

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