On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:19, you wrote: > This is the results I got - and I still couldn't connect to any site. > > Wesley Parish Would you be so kind as to remind me of a few pertinent facts:- Which distribution you are using? Did these problems suddenly start one day after everything worked fine? Or have you never had networking going propherly at all? Did you install with the security level set to paranoid?
> > ifconfig -a > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:44:25:70:7F > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2394 (2.3 Kb) > Interrupt:10 Base address:0x4000 I notice that you have not allocated an address to this interface. It is therefore strange that it claims to be UP. I realise that you probably are not using it, but you _might_ get a solution to the problem if you were to give it a number from one of the private netblocks perhaps something like 10.11.12.13 The command to do this is:- ifconfig eth0 10.11.12.13 That command will give the interface the number until you reboot. To make the change permanent you will have to alter the config files for you dist. in the time honoured way using a text editor or alternatively the GUI gizmolackey which comes with your distribution. > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:1196 (1.1 Kb) TX bytes:1196 (1.1 Kb) That would seem ok. > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > inet addr:210.246.28.17 P-t-P:202.0.46.83 Mask:255.255.255.255 > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1524 Metric:1 > RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 > RX bytes:342 (342.0 b) TX bytes:87 (87.0 b) And so would that. > > route > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface 202.0.46.83 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 > 0 ppp0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 > 0 lo default 202.0.46.83 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 > 0 ppp0 > > > cat /etc/resolve.conf > > domain paradise.net.nz #kppp temp entry > ##search net.nz Could you, in addition, try these commands;- ping -c2 127.0.0.1 # This proves that networking is installed ping -c2 localhost # This proves that local name resolution works ping -c2 <the address given to ppp0> i.e. quoting from the ppp0 config above inet addr:210.246.28.17 but we want the new number which is given to you for the current session. ping -c2 <the address at the other end of the p-to-p>. P-t-P:202.0.46.83 but you should use the new number which is given to you for the current session. ping -c2 <one of the numbers of the name server given to you for the session> You will find this in the /etc/resolve.conf file Once you have got this far, you have an ip network route to the outside world. Test with full names instead of the numbers:- ping -c2 rachel.paradise.net.nz ping -c2 kirsty.paradise.net.nz or, if your allegeancies lie elsewhere:- ping -c2 alien.xtra.co.nz ping -c2 terminator.xtra.co.nz > Quoting Chris Bayley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Wesley, could you post for us the output from the following commands - > > other wise we're flying blind. > > > > ifconfig -a > > route > > cat /etc/resolve.conf > > ping 203.4.152.4 -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
