On 15 Sep 2005, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > firewall (shorewall) does not help. > > ping localhost is 100% guaranteed to work ... as long as 127.0.0.1 is in > /etc/hosts and you do use /etc/hosts in your /etc/resolv.conf > > - ping of it's own ip# will always work evenwith the ethernet > cable disconnected > > what is your contents of /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf >
desktop: /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost loopback 192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia arcadia.acupuncturecourse.org.uk accampbell.uklinux.net 192.168.0.22 thinkpad ibm # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts # (added automatically by netbase upgrade) ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts /etc/resolv.conf search nameserver 80.84.64.20 nameserver 80.84.72.20 laptop: /etc/resolv.conf search acampbell.org.uk nameserver 80.84.64.20 nameserver 80.84.72.20 /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.22 ibm.acampbell.org.uk ibm thinkpad 192.168.0.20 arcadia # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts > > > ac:~:$ route -n > > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > > Iface > > 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > > 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > 192.168.0.1 is presumably your router thru which you expect to get out > > > ifconfig -a: > > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:2B:02:32:FB > > inet addr:192.168.0.20 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > good ... your ip# is *.20 > > > For laptop: > > > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > > Iface > > 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 > > 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 > > good ... your gateway is the same *.1 > > > ac:/usr/share/doc/shorewall:$ ifconfig -a > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:1B:DE:4B:CF > > bad .. this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it ... > =================================================== > > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:96:44:B5:A6 > > inet addr:192.168.0.22 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > good ... this is *.22 > > > wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > > 00-40-96-44-B5-A6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 > > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:2312 Metric:1 > > bad ... this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it > ///////////////////////////////////////////////// > How can I correct these? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk for using Linux GNU/Debian || blog, book reviews, electronic Microsoft-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
