I went into BIOS and made sure that the NIC card was enabled. I booted up in Puppy Linux, and it now detects my NIC card, which wasn't the case yesterday. I'm also seeing the LEDs on the Ethernet jack light up. But I'm still unable to connect to the Internet on the laptop, and the Ethernet light on the DSL modem still remains dark. Assuming that the NIC card is asleep and not dead, how do I wake it up? On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 08:06:44 -0500 "Chuck Cole" <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Jason Hsu > > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 6:43 PM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Is my NIC card dead? > > > > > > Rebooting with the AC power connected and the Ethernet cable connected doesn't help. What is the mechanism that turns > > the NIC card on and off? I have both Windows XP and Puppy Linux on the computer, and I'm unable to connect to the > > Internet with either OS. How do I tell if the NIC card is dead or merely asleep? > > If that didn't work, you may have the NIC turned off in BIOS. I can't recall what could do that without you knowing if it had > previously been on, but I think I have experienced exactly that before. Otherwise, Use XP (because I know that has all the > visibility needed, and I didn't locate similar visibility in Ubuntu when I had a problem with Ubuntu's low level setup... it's > probably there, just not in a familiar form.). I think the options are in advanced power management and/or docking options. I know > there is a docking option that turns off the NIC sometimes, but can't recall whether that resides in BIOS. > > Chuck > > > -- Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com>