Question on Main Screen Network Properties

[John]

In a standard DSL install you will actually want to alter the ~/.conkyrc file which supersedes the default conky config fie.

At the bottom of the file you will see this code:

Code:

${color 009ee0}Network:
${if_up wlan0}${offset 0}${color lightgrey} IP on wlan0: ${alignr}${addr wlan0}${endif}${if_up eth0}${offset 0}${color lightgrey} IP on eth0: ${alignr}${addr eth0}${endif}
${if_up wlan0}${offset 0} Up - ${upspeed wlan0} k/s ${alignr} Down - ${downspeed wlan0}k/s ${color}${endif}${if_up eth0} Up - ${upspeed eth0} k/s ${alignr} Down - ${downspeed eth0}k/s ${color}${endif}
$color$hr

I am guessing your network device on the one computer is reading as something other than the standard eth0?
Try typing in: "ip link show" into a term window and see what comes up.  Odds are you will be able to plug variant right in where "eth0" is now and conky will be able to read it properly.