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network.  The connection seems to work okay, but if I ping my local server, I 
will lose packets.   If I ping various internet domains, I will receive 
'unknown host' errors.  I can then try the corresponding IP address and it 
will mostly work, but I'll drop 20-30% of the packets.  BTW - My LAN is run 
off of a firewall / router running NAT, connected to my AT&T broadband 
account.

I look at the /etc/resolv.conf for both the server and the laptop and the 
files are identical, so I would expect that domain name lookups should work 
on the laptop, since they work on the server

I'm not sure what other diagnostics I should try.  I also wonder if it's that 
simply my cable has gone belly-up (I'll try another tomorrow).  Until then, I 
appreciate any suggestions for diagnosis.

Thanks
Jeff

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