[svlug] using Comcast modem and a Linksys router?

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Sat Mar 15 00:48:42 PST 2008


Typing mishap.  I wrote:

> 4.  You might want to specify the raw symptoms, as opposed to your
> interpretations.  E.g., at one point you say "The Gutsy box can't see
> the Internet', but you say nothing whatsoever about by what method you
> determined this.  It can make a huge difference what you tried and what
> you did not, especially in networking.  The phrase "can't see the
> Internet" is interpretation.  By contrast, for example, "running
> '17.112.152.32' returns 'no route to host'" is raw diagnostic data [...]
  ^      Should be 'ping 17.112.152.32'.




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