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

In message <f19d76f44f.Alan.Adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <a92875f44f.MThompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           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,

> First we should clarify that the Iyonix is not the machine which
> connects to the internet - that job is done by the router.

> What you seem to have here is a machine which fails to connect to the
> router. The simplest test is to ping the IP address of the router.

> Are you using DHCP or manual IP settings? If it is manual, I can see
> no obvious reason for this. If it is DHCP, then my suspicion is that
> the Iyonix is failing to get its settings from the DHCP server, which
> in most home settings is the router. If it doesn't get the IP address,
> network mask, router address and name server details, you will indeed
> fail to connect to the internet. The first three are essential to
> connecting by address, the fourth is required in addition to connect
> by name.

I've just looked the internet options in the Boot file - which is what 
I assume is being mentioned here and I see the following option

Obtain IP address

The icon "from hostname"  is ticked, there is a via "DHCP" option 
which is unticked, is this what is being talked about here? (and on 
the other reply)


> If the first two aren't being set correctly you will not be able to
> connect to other systems on your home network.

> Sometimes DHCP issues are caused by setting part of the network setup
> manually, for example setting the router address manually, then
> expecting DHCP to sort out the rest. For reasons I don't know the
> details of, it seems that this doesn't work properly.

> (Indeed, it's not clear that properly is the right word - it just
> isn't intended to work that way. In Windows XP the manually set
> address overrides the one provided by DHCP, in Wndows98 DHCP overrides
> the manual setting. Neither is necessarily right - I suspect the
> behaviour is undefined by the standards.)

> Have you tried swapping network cables around - if the cable between
> the Iyonix and the router is suspect, you could see this sort of
> behaviour. Even shop-bought moulded cables can misbehave after a time
> - I've got two on my bench here that do just that. When I get time,
> I'll re-terminate them.

The swapping of cables is certainly worth a try, I will look into 
that, although it will be a task in itself to untangle them all !!

cheers
Matthew


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