Odd networking problem

[Jason Shaw]

Does wireless connectivity work properly?  Have you checked into frame
sizes?  Possibly jumbo frames are enabled somewhere... Grasping at straws,
but it came to mind.

-jason

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Peter King <peter.king-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 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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