Hi, Have you change back the default policy for INPUT chain?
#iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT Regards, Henry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 10:08 PM Subject: Re: ping sendto: operation not permitted > > Um, yes, it's not a cable modem. :) It's kind of a phone modem - it uses > the phone wiring in the apartment complex to connect to a line-of-sight > transmitter on top of the building to provide high-speed access. It's not > the modem. I saw it work just fine on another computer (a W2K box). > > I truly suspect it's something I'm doing wrong. I had thought from the > previous response that it might be the itpables firewall but I cleared the > iptables like so: > > iptables clear > > and this didn't seem to make any difference. Any other ideas? > > > On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Jason McCarty wrote: > > > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:AF:6A:A8:9F > > > inet addr:192.168.168.120 Bcast:192.168.168.255 > > > > Based on this, I'd say it's a problem with your cable modem connecting > > to your ISP (assuming it's cable). Your modem probably configures itself > > as a DHCP server when it's not on the Internet, which is why it handed > > out that private address to you. Mine does the same thing when it's > > having trouble getting on the net. Your modem likely has a web status > > page, so try browsing to that and look at its status report. For > > example, my modem has the address 192.168.100.1. Read your modem manual > > if you can find one, too. > > > > If your modem isn't the problem, you might have to send your ISP a > > hostname or other silly authentication. Also try different dhcp clients, > > like pump or udhcpc. Have you connected the modem to more than one > > computer? Some modems don't allow that. To fix it, you'd probably have > > to hard reset the modem, but it may have an option to reset it on the > > web status page. > > > > I think your best bet is to read the cable modem HOWTO on www.tldp.org. > > It has information on many many cable ISPs, and the steps necessary to > > cope with the difficult ones. There's also a DHCP HOWTO there. Of > > course, if you don't have cable, feel free to ignore this :) > > > > Good luck. > > > > Jason McCarty > > > > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelbauer.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
