[Leaplist] A frustrating recurring problem

[Danny W. Burdick]

If your wife can get on but you can not thru the same router
Maybe your router went capooot...and she is inadvertently hitching
a ride thru the neighbors wifi.....hehehe



J.T. Hayden wrote:
>
> *From:* leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org 
> [mailto:leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org] *On Behalf Of *William H. Ferguson
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 18, 2008 20:43
> *To:* Leaplist at leap-cf.org
> *Subject:* [Leaplist] A frustrating recurring problem
>
>  
>
> I'm not writing this message on my customary Desk Top Computer.
> It's out of commission again, by which I mean, I can't get it to
> go online----again.
>
> My wife receives her online functions via being WIRELESSLY
> connected to our Linksys Wireless Router. My machine is hard wired to
> the Linksys Wireless Routr.
> My wife can get online.  I can't get online any more.
>
> Back around 10-8-2008 I asked for help here with the problem of being 
> unable to get online.
> Richard Ostrow and John Simpson and Tony Becker helped me get back online.
>
> John advised me to "ping" his computer which might show that I was 
> actually online.
> I pinged his IP address and the "ping" worked fine, showing me that I 
> was online but didn't realize it.
> The "ping" *doesn't work* today. When I try it a screen error message
> appears which reads" "The Network is unreachable."
>
> Back on 10-8-08 John guided me to using this command to restart the 
> Network:
> "/etc/init.d./network restart"   (No quotation marks used when issuing 
> the command)
>
> It was a big relief and pleasure to see this command work. It put my 
> computer back online.
> At that point in time I thought this trouble was past history.
>
> But I soon learned that after using the command a few times I could 
> use Google or
> "Send/Receive E-Mail" a few times but then, always,  the command had 
> to be re-issued
> or I would again be unable to go online.
>
> When I would call up Google to search for something online, often my
> first attempt (using Google) would fail and a screen message would tell
> me that I was Off Line. I would then, still in Google, click "File" 
> and see
> in the drop-down menu that "Work Offline" was checked. I'd remove the
> check mark and Google would then work normally again. If I left Google
> and later came back to it, I'd have to uncheck the "Work Offline" box 
> again.
>
> Using E-mail was similarly afflicted. When I called  "Evolution" E-Mail
> to the screen, the Menu icon "Send/Receive" would be "grayed out." I 
> would then
> click "File" and then  click "Work Online" in the drop-down menu--- 
> and the
> "Send/Receive" icon would change from grayed out to *bold*.
> Then the E-Mail program would function normally again---for a while.
>
> It's at least mildly frustrating to have to repeat those actions many, 
> many times,
> but it has enabled me to get online satisfactorily for the past 10 days.
>
> For the first half of today, that system enabled me to get online.
> *BUT*, Suddenly, this afternoon, those actions did NOT get my computer
> online.
>
> I then went through the routine of removing power from my Road Runner
> Modem, removed power from the Linksys Wireless Router and shutting 
> down the
> Computer. After a few seconds I'd re-power the Modem and the Router 
> and then
> reboot the computer. This has had NO effect on the problem.
>
> Now when I put Evolution E-Mail on the screen, the icon representing
> "Send/Receive" is grayed out. When I click "File"  ==> "Work Online"
> the Menu item "Send/Receive" becomes *bold* again. But when I click on
> "Send/Receive" I get this error message:
>     "Error while performing operation
>     Host lookup failed: pop-server.cfl.rr.com: Temporary failure
>     in name resolution"
>
> I am not aware that I'm using a wrong name anywhere in the configuration
> screens for "Evolution" E-Mail
>
> I recognize that I've made some inadvertent error but I can't figure 
> out what I've done wrong.
>
> Thank you for any further help.
>
> William
>
>
>
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>  
>
> Have you taken the router out of the picture? (IE removed it and 
> connected directly to the modem?) to see if A) it might be the router 
> or B) the NIC in the computer failing?
>
>  
>
>           J.T. Hayden
>
>              KG4BFJ
>
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>
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