[iyonix-support] Re: Iyonix poor at connecting to internet.

On 26 Oct, Matthew Thompson <mt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi.

> Does anyone know why my Iyonix is so poor at connecting to the 
> internet, yet the PC connected to the same router works fine without 
> any problems at all?

> When I switch on the machine/router on from cold, I expect a time for 
> it to set itself up and then when the ADSL light is on that means it 
> should be ready to work. If I try to send/receieve news/emails it just 
> sits there and then times out, and if I try and use NetSurf to surf 
> the net, just get a blank page and then it times out as well.

> The only solution seems to be re-booting the machine, and unplugging 
> the router and then in the end it may (or may not) finally connect, a 
> totally random attempt though, and sometimes it works straight away on 
> a cold boot up,

> I am using Netsurf to browse, and Netfetch/Hermes for mail/news 
> sending/recieivng and Messenger Pro for emails.

> Yet using the PC in the same situation, is totally different, switch 
> the machine/router on from cold, when the PC desktop appears, load up 
> Firefox, and the internet is there instantly, no faffing about there, 
> instantly ready to go, both machines through the same router and line 
> - I am using Orpheus Internet.

> And it appears it is not just a cold switch on either, just now, both 
> machines been on all day and I had to reboot the Iyonix, and now it 
> won't connect to the internet at all, yet it was fine 10 seconds 
> before and the PC is still online no problems.

> I've no idea what's happening here if it was the line or the router it 
> wouldn't work at all, but the PC works 100% and the Iyonix is 
> basically hopeless at connecting to the internet, if it wasn't setup 
> properly it wouldn't work at all either, so when it does connect shows 
> that setup is correct.

> Maybe it's hardware related and the PC just does a better job of it, 
> or maybe there is something I could do with the Iyonix to make it work 
> better at connections?

> Any suggestions/help on this greatly appreciated as it's becoming 
> increasingly annoying.

> cheers
> Matthew

Are you using DHCP? or fixed addresses?
Can you ping the router from the Iyonix?

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