Help! I broke the internet somehow..

[n1ce_hat]

Well, i'm an idiot. Today I was farting around with Linux livecd's for awhile, and I found myself a purdy little copy of Gentoo. 'nuff said, I burnt the disk, threw it in the machine, restarted, watched it do it's thing for awhile... then bam! I'm in Linux. I just wanted to see how it worked, so I played around for awhile, getting a feel for it.. And then I restarted the computer and went back to my familiar Windows XP.

 

...And I get this network bubble in the bottom right telling me that I messed some stuff up good. The whole "network cable not plugged in" that constantly haunts me. I then go to network connections, right click on it, and I see that the little 'repair' icon is greyed out. I open the command prompt, execute 'IPCONFIG', and rattle off a few favorites.. only to get an error "media not plugged in" or something like that (i'm typing this from Linux right now, i'll restart and write down the errors exactly.. after I post this). Nothing in IPCONFIG helps at all, and when I look at my nonexistant IP, it says 127.0.0.0 (I could be off by a number, but i'm pretty sure that's exactly what it said).

 

I remember a solution to many of my problems in the past was to shut off my computer, router, and modem, wait a minute or so, and start them off in the proper order... and that didn't work at all. My Xbox 360 still connects without a problem.

 

Back in Windowsland, I tried to enable my secondary LAN port (I use the Marvell connector, trying to enable the NF4 port), and it keeps saying 'connection failed!' Everything seems bad.

 

Well, after I eff'd around in Windows for awhile, I went back to Linux to see what was up in there.. Sure enough, the internet works no problem at all. It's like the ultimate way to make people switch over to your OS: make the other one not work.

 

I don't know much about Linux, but under preferences, I found a networking option and opened it, and under 'advanced configuration,' there was an 'Ignore Host List' with '127.0.0.0/8' listed as one of the options. What the hell.

 

Someone shed some light?

Pretty please?

[Guest Kobalt]

127.0.0.x is your machine basically.

 

The old 'network cable not plugged in' in windows ..well, set the marvell controller to 100Mbps full duplex from auto.

[ReelFiles]

127.0.0.0 is a loopback to your own machine, you can't set it to automatic or static?

Once you boot back into windows any linux settings shouldn't matter, especially if it is on a live CD, as it doesn't save to hard disk unless you make it.

[KimTjik]

It's a pretty common problem n1ce_hat; I don't say that many do experience it, but some including myself. What works for me:

 

- The Marvell port works best; with the install of the latest driver the problem disappeared.

- Sometimes it's possible to solve the problem by setting the transfer speed manually for the LAN device; it looks like the automatic detection at moments screw up when switching from a Linux' back to a Windows' OS; why I don't know.

[michaelzhao]

Oh, when you said you broke the internet, I was under the impression that you snapped one of its tubes... )

[ReelFiles]

When I switch between OSes, I do a cold boot not a restart, might be worth a shot.

[n1ce_hat]

i dont know what caused the problem, but i certainly don't know what solved it.

 

i went back into linux, then just shut the system off to windows, then repeated that again and the internet worked. wtf? it broke itself and solved itself.. oh well eh?

[CPDMF]

It's called FM

[red930]

Oh, when you said you broke the internet, I was under the impression that you snapped one of its tubes... )

Or maybe gotten a tube clogged with too much PR0N! I hate it when that happens.

[ReelFiles]

I say a cold boot, makes the difference.

[HarryTaco]

Or maybe gotten a tube clogged with too much PR0N! I hate it when that happens.

I always keep a Pron Plunger Handy just in case. My Internet tube is small and always gets clogged. Perhaps a new Commodem with a larger pipe is in order.

[red930]

For those that don't know how the internet tubes work here's an explanation by Senator Ted Stevens ®Alaska. He's the guy with the $300 million dollar bridge to nowhere for no one.

 

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