Hidong Kim wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've suddenly lost the internet connection on my linux machines. I have
> a network of three Linux machines, one of which is the gateway.
> Everything was fine this morning, but now, I can't access any machines
> outside of the lan. I connect to the internet by dialing up my isp.
> I've tried using two different dial-up programs, usernet and ezppp.
> with both programs, I seem to be able to connect to my isp. usernet
> shows the green light on ppp0 and ezppp also indicates a successful
> connection. However, I can't go to a remote Web site or even ping a
> remote machine, even if I use the IP address. The local network is
> working fine. It's not a problem with the isp because I'm connected
> right now via the same isp, on a Windows machine. I didn't change any
> files on the Linux machines between the time things were working ok and
> now. I've tried rebooting and restarting inet. Where do I start to
> figure this one out? Thanks,
First place to check would be the system logs in /var/log/messages. See
if there's anything suspicious in those logs -- bad logons, dropped ISP
connections, whatever.
When you dialup, you might try the ifconfig and route commands to see if
the interface got configured correctly and if it's pointing to the
correct place.
Hidong Kim wrote:
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Steve Philp
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