After Update 5 II cannot connect to my LAN

[merlinkv]

Hi,

I'm owner of an Sam440ep-Flex and yesterday, after I've installed the Update 5, my system cannot connect to my LAN and, of course, Internet.

I've set in System/Prefs the correct device for Sam440 and manual address. Also my router have the correct configuration for this system (the same before updating my Sam). but I cannot connect to my LAN.

Any idea?

Thanks

[Slayer]

How very strange, I have a SAM-Flex which is constantly Beta Testing and always connected to the net, never once during any update or any revisions has this type of incident occured. Have you checked all the obvious. Like cables, plugs, connection to the phone jack, all the obvious?

You shouldn't have had to change or update anything, I wonder if something wasn't quite right in the first place

I've just examined both archives eg 4.1.4 and 4.1.5; in 4.1.5 there is an S directory for the Flex update that has the file Network-Startup inside

In a shell type the following and press return

type sys:devs/netinterfaces/ppc440ep_eth

what is returned?

If it is not found type the following

ed sys:devs/netinterfaces/ppc440ep_eth

which will bring up the shell editor, enter these 3 lines with a carriage return on each line

device=ppc440ep_eth.device
unit=0
configure=dhcp

OR if it is found but doesn't match the 3 lines above edit it so it does, hopefully you'll be able to work this out. Hopefully your prefs you set in the Prefs drawer doesn't cause problems, if it does I'll sort out what file you need to delete to reverse this but lets see how we go first

to exit the editor at any time press the esc key and type x and press return reboot machine and see if that helps?

p.s. you can always go back and reedit so do not worry if you think you've made a mistake, the shell is your friend

[ChrisH]

Open the Shell, and type the following:
ShowNetStatus

What does it report?

[Slayer]

I was thinking he must have gotten aid elsewhere, he hasn't been back going on 3 days, too long to be without the internet

It sounded like he had a few clues regarding configuration so thought we'd just sneak in via DOS and hackery