--- Michael Spohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you get internet access as Root then dns resolution _IS_ > working. > > But you said you couldn't ping the dns servers. So dns is working > may > > just filtering ICMP. > > Hi, back after a day off my problem still causes me headaches... > > If this ICMP is a firewall issue, I now use the firewall rules for a > stand alone machine coming with net-dialup/rp-pppoe. It used to work > for > me before. So I must have screwed up something other.
I wasn't acutally referring to your firewall on the laptop per-say, but the firewall at the ISP. > > > So maybe this is a permissions issue on your lap top for your > normal > > user. Thats not an area that I'm to familar with. Do you see > anything > > in your /var/log/auth.log.0 > > only session opened, closed, webmin starting and so on. Can't see any > harmfull. > > > When your referring to a normal user, are you referring to the > normal > > user configured on your laptop or a whole nother computer all > together. > > The normal user configured on my laptop > > > > Could you ping the hosts in my resolv.conf? > > > > I asked for the ip's but you didn't give them to me so I won't be > able > > to test ping until you send them. You can either append them to > your > > response to the gentoo list or you can send them directly to me if > you > > would prefer. > > Dong. I forgot. Here they are: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] michael # cat /etc/resolv.conf > nameserver 80.10.246.130 > nameserver 80.10.246.3 Well I can't ping those servers either but thats alright. I've checked the reverse dns ptr records and they appear to be associated with the same domain that your sending email from so I would have to assume that these are the correct servers. [EMAIL PROTECTED] jbanks # dnsqr ptr 3.246.10.80.in-addr.arpa 12 3.246.10.80.in-addr.arpa: 82 bytes, 1+1+0+0 records, response, noerror query: 12 3.246.10.80.in-addr.arpa answer: 3.246.10.80.in-addr.arpa 86400 PTR dns-adsl-gpe2-a.wanadoo.fr [EMAIL PROTECTED] jbanks # dnsqr ptr 130.246.10.80.in-addr.arpa 12 130.246.10.80.in-addr.arpa: 84 bytes, 1+1+0+0 records, response, noerror query: 12 130.246.10.80.in-addr.arpa answer: 130.246.10.80.in-addr.arpa 86400 PTR dns-adsl-gpe2-b.wanadoo.fr And a "whois" for "wanadoo.fr" reflects that they have acouple of name servers as well of which are different ip's from the ones you gave me. Those are unpingable as well. **************** nserver: ns.wanadoo.fr 193.252.19.10 nserver: ns3.wanadoo.fr 80.12.255.152 nserver: ns2.wanadoo.fr 193.252.19.11 **************** But since you can get out to the internet when logged in as root but not as a normal user points to some kind of mis-configuration issue on the laptop in question I believe. Do you have another computer that you can connect with that doesn't have "Squid" or a "firewall" installed on it?? Please try that. This will help further isolate where the problem is. I use a MS Windows machine for just this diagnosis. Are you actually dialing up via a phone line or are you using ethernet connected to a cable modem and then the cable modem connects to the ISP?? Kindof curious because I had a work laptop that I would take home with me. When I was at work, I used a pcmcia nic card and then when I would come home I would have to dial-out using a regular RJ-ll phone line connected to the laptops internal modem. Two strange things happened. 1) One of the things that would happen is that first I would have to make sure that eth0 was completely shut down or have the nic card ejected when I dialed up or my laptop would try and route everthing through eht0 instead of ppp0. 2)My ect/resolv.conf would have my work dns server ip's listed above the dns server ips that I would get from the ISP once connected. So I would have to manually remove my work dns server ips so that only the ISP's were listed. If you can't get out to the internet with a differnet computer then I would suggest installing "Ethereal" packet sniffer. I would actually suggest installing this anyways. This can help diagnose connectivity issues very quickly. Atleast give you a better idea of whats happening. If you need help on how to use Ethereal after you get installed just let me know what your questions are and I will try and help. But after everything that you've told me so far, I would have to say that your laptop and linux are misconfigured some-how some-way. As much as I hate MS Windows, this is one of the reasons that I still keep one on my lan to test connectivity issues with. I'm by no means a linux pro and have messed up my internet access more than a few times misconfiguring linux. It doesn't take much. So I literally have a Windows machine that I only turn on and use when I've messed something up on linux, and I can use it to isolate whether or not its a linux issue or a linux admin booboo.. 9 times out of 10 it's a linux misconfiguration or something that I've overlooked... :D HTH's, JBanks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
