First things first:
Quoting Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 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?
Mandrake 9.2
> Did these problems suddenly start one day after everything worked fine?
No, I installed it after getting into my machine one day and putting in one
disk while taking one out. I had problems with the file systems, etc, but
that was simply a misstep on my part. I've been unable to connect to the
paradise http and pop3 sites ever since.
> Or have you never had networking going propherly at all?
Networking was going fine with 9.0 and 9.1 - apart from that time this year
when I couldn't connect to slashdot.org, etc.
> Did you install with the security level set to paranoid?
I started installing to Higher, but switched back to Normal.
>
> > > 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.
I tried this, still no luck.
>
<snip>
> > > 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
it works. The rest didn't - or at least, not yet.
>
> 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
>
I've just recently bought myself a somewhat bigger hard drive anyway, so I
think I might well move home over to it, and reinstall 9.2, and take it from
there. With any luck, it'll be up and running as good as new.
Thanks for all the help you've been - I appreciate it.
Anyone got any ideas on how well BTC Combos work under Linux?
Wesley Parish
>
>
> > 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.
>
>
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