Odd networking problem

[Peter King]

Thanks to one and all for the suggestions. Still no joy.

The installation of OS X on a netbook is indeed a hack, but it had been
running smoothly with no problems for over three months before developing
network, umm, issues.

Tried sudo arp -a and allowing OS X to repopulate: no good, OS X did not
see the router no matter what. Likewise, the router did not "see" the
netbook, at the software level. It *did* correctly detect a link running
at the correct speed, but no more than that.

The hardware is fine: the ethernet and router talk to one another just fine
if I boot the netbook with Linux (sysresccd on a usb stick). Other computers
connect just fine to the router, and the cable works with them. So it's some
little configuration detail in OS X that's gotten wedged, and OS X does not
in general allow or encourage you to unwedge things. Not using it myself (I
only maintain/troubleshoot for my family), I don't know the answer. Very
puzzling.

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