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I agree. My first thought would be to check/change the network interface for a PCI one Rob Beard wrote: > Simon Robert wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I'm having a problem with the internet on my Mum's PC. It's running >> ubuntu 9.04 and is a bog standard 32 bit 386 machine. >> >> <snip> >> > <tongue in cheek> > Ahh that's the problem, you're trying to use a 386. I presume a 386DX? > > Maybe it's time to upgrade to something a bit newer, perhaps a Pentium > 60? (just don't try any floating point stuff on it) > > </tongue in cheek> > > Sorry, couldn't resist. > > Anyway, seriously, is the network on board? What chipset is the network > card? > > I had a problem with Ubuntu 8.04 I think (or it may have been 7.10) with > the onboard Realtek network card, it had similar sorts of problems and > eventually I sorted it by disabling the driver which shipped in the > distro and compiling the Realtek driver from scratch which came from the > Realtek site. > > Otherwise, have you got a PCI network card you can stick in to see if > that makes any difference. Also it may be worth trying to change the > card settings from auto detecting the speed and duplex to maybe > something like 100Mbit half or full duplex as in some cases the card may > not be able to negotiate a stable speed with the router. > > Hope this helps anyway, if not I have an old 486 kicking around in the > garage I think :-) > > Rob > > > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html