On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 14:42:06 -0500
Justin Kremer <kremer at ringworld.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:14:09 -0500
> Joel Rosenberg <joelr at ellegon.com> wrote:
> 
> > the hub having been
> > recently fried.  
> 
> I'd say that might be your problem right there.  Is it possible that
> it took your NIC with it?
> I've had cases where my NIC was semi-fried.  It was working enough
> that to the OS it appeared to be working, but it wouldn't actually
> transfer any data.  Have you tried swapping the NIC as well?
> 
> - Kremer

I had a situation not that long ago where I lost power after a surge
that took out my hub as well.  My NIC was fine, but the drivers or OS
was corrupt.  It was quicker to reload than it was to try and figure it
out exactly.  Was a SmoothWall system.

Shawn