[P1] Evil ethernet

[William L Carr]

On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 03:18  PM, ShardAerithes at aol.com 
wrote:

> When I am on my home network with my ibook I get disconnected from the 
> internet and lose my IP address, and then I have to press down on the 
> RJ-45 connector end thingy to get an IP again. Then I have to 
> reconnect to all my services/itunes radio station and try again, only 
> to be disconnected again. All I can think of is that the port has been 
> disconnected from the motherboard and needs to be soldered back on. 
> Any suggestions?

Try a new cable first.   Several times I've accidentally snapped off 
the little flange that clips the cable in the port.

Jkirk

I once thought about starting a club to discuss the philosophy of 
Fatalism.
But then I realized that even if anyone came, they'd only come to steal 
the folding chairs.