[cobalt-users] [RaQ3i] OS Restore CD >> Catch-22?

[Theo Jones <space_biscuit@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I have a RaQ3i which seems to have it's networking settings all screwed up.  I can get
into the machine with a null-modem serial cable, but I can't get any TCP/IP activity going 
through the network port.  I've done numerous tests and at least acertained
that it's not the hardware failing, but I can't figure out how to clean up all my network settings
to get access through the network port.  I had some bad-blood with the ISP that I took this
machine
out of, and now I fear they thrashed the internal settings of the unit to be cute.

At this point I am thinking that the "Restore CD" is in order now, and if I do a complete rebuild
that the network port will come back.  What I don't know however is how the Restore CD works.  Can
I install the Restore CD through the null-modem serial cable, or does doing the restore assume you
can access the unit through its network port?  I'm worried that I may be in a catch-22 of not
being able to get through the network port but needing it to do the full restore?

Am I stuck?, TIA!,

~ Theo

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Theodore Jones
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