Ethernet Card Fried??

[signal49]

I'm running Jaguar on an AGP Graphics G4. Is there a way I can check my system to see if the ethernet card is fried or not? I don't want to have to buy a new one... :-(

There was a power outage while I was away this weekend and now the computer can't connect to the internet. We have cable internet that goes from the wall to the modem to a firewall router. Our XBox Live works fine when plugged directly into the modem and from one port of the router. We can't get the computer to "see" the connection at all. The cable company said they could ping the computer, but when I try to connect it says it can't find the server. We tried switching cables, bypassed the router, checked all the wires… When I connect it to the the router, none of the lights come on. I'm really hoping there's a setting somewhere that got reset when the power went out.

Thanks for any suggestions! (I have to get as much info as a I can while I'm at work because I can't search when I'm home!!)

 

[NorthStarDA]

well im not a hardware expert by any means, but I think it may be toast. You said the computer was behind a firewall router, could that be what the cable company was pinging?

And I'm pretty sure that even with incorrect settings, the link lights should come on at the firewall when plugged in, I don't know of any software change that could affect that.

Maybe someone more experienced in this can help you out though.


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