Derek Jennings writes:
> Your domain name is 'con' so this line should read
> 'search con'
>
>> nameserver 127.0.0.1
>> nameserver 202.89.128.16
>> nameserver 202.89.128.17
>
>
> You have 127.0.0.1 as your primary nameserver which implies you have tmdns running (in 10.2 this changes to mDNSResponder) if the service is not running you should remove this entry. Personally I find tmdns more trouble than it is worth and always stop the service and remove this entry.
>
>> [UnChecked] Track network card id ( useful for laptops )
>> [Checked] Network Hotplugging
>> [Checked] Start at boot
>> Button = Advanced - selected dhcp-client
>> Host name (optional) | Snapafun.con |
>> Zeroconf Host name | Snapafun |
>
>
> This will start tmdns which as I mentioned earlier is more trouble than it is worth.
>
>> Selected 'Yes' to restart network
>
> You need a client such as dhcpcd It is almost certainly already installed.
>
>> So changed TCP/IP back to ' static ' within " Manage connections "
>>
>> Tried :
>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# cat hosts
>> 192.168.1.1 Snapafun.con Snapafun SnapafunFrank 127.0.0.1
>> 192.168.1.10 Snapafun.con Snapafun
>> #<<my static online address>> Snapafun.con Snapafun
>> 127.0.0.1 localhost
>> #Added to following to match /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=Snapafun.con
>
I agree with your statement that follows but it did not look like this when I started. All this is a result of MCC rewriting the file. But see my note below.
> Well this file is a complete mess. You have 2 IP addresses with the same aliases (Snapafun.con Snapafun) The purpose of the hosts file is provide a mapping between an IP address and a meaningful name (or names) without having to consult a DNS server. Its hardly a map if every street has the same name. Nor should you be declaring 127.0.0.1 as an alias of 192.168.1.1
>
> But this mess is not going to stop networking operating on your computer. It just means if you type http://Snapafun.con into a browser it will not know what IP address to translate to.
>
> Your hosts file should look something like :-
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 192.168.1.1 router.con router
> 192.168.1.10 Snapafun.con Snapafun SnapafunFrank
Agreed
>> And............ >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network >> HOSTNAME=Snapafun.con >> NETWORKING=yes >> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 > > > I assume 192.168.1.1 is your router.
Turns out that what it may require is 192.168.1.100, but more on that later.
> It might be worth adding the line > GATEWAYDEV=eth0 > and then restart networking with > 'service network restart' > >> So, any more thoughts anyone ? > > > Yes - Is shorewall running?,
It is and I believe I don't need it at present ?????
and if it is what is in /etc/shorewall/interfaces
> (just the bottom lines not all the comments)
>
> Your previous attempts may have left another interface defined as the interface to the internet ('net') and so the firewall may be blocking traffic. If it is wrong correct it and then 'shorewall restart'
> Or you may prefer to completely disable the firewall in mcc to remove it from the equation.
Aha......... I so agree !
> And what does 'ifconfig' show? > > derek > > -- > www.jennings.homelinux.net > http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
Please hang in with me derek, as I need the help here and your above comments are greatly appreciated. I don't often beg, it's just that I'm so greatful.
For now, I restarted my system with the PCLinuxOs livecd and got straight onto the internet, both by 1). Not doing anything and letting PCLinuxOs do its thing and , 2). By creating a new Lan connection using MCC to do that.
Both ways worked fine and I am now 'web-mailing' this reply using PCLinuxOs.
Things I learnt here is that 192.168.1.1 is the web gateway to my router that allows me to configure it directly. This OS uses 192.168.1.100 as the IP Address and leaves the gateway IP blank.
I had earlier today "Reset" the router so ensure getting to it and found that I did not have DHCP enabled and that the access IP address defaults used a range of 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.149 so now understand why things were not working, though I do not understand why whilst things were working that everything fell over in the first place. I now believe that there is something wrong with my Mandrake10 Official installation because other annoying things are cropping up.
At present I am seeing within MCC - Internet Access that the primary and secondary IP addresses are those of my ISP that I used for my dynamic connection whereas earlier I had only the primary IP entered as 192.168.1.100 and that worked fine. Still some learning for me there.
So now I'm left with a choice, as I have the 2005LE DVD on its way, do I await for a new installion to arrive, or do I try to nail the problem currently with MDK10 so as to learn before I upgrade cleanly.
I believe right now that my problems are global on this system : The key number pad no longer works My scrolling no longer works And of course this internet problem.
It's just that I have no idea at this point as to where to start :(
So, derek, I'm keeping your comments and those of earlier replies because they are relevent to my issues and before I do anything with my system I will take a copy of ipconfig, at least for reference.
The following is for my reference when I get back to Mandrake:::::
NOTE: The following are from the livecd PCLinuxOs
$ cat ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes METRIC=10 MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no NEEDHOSTNAME=yes
$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 202.89.128.16 nameserver 202.89.128.17
# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:36:AB:8E
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1273 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1397 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:602191 (588.0 Kb) TX bytes:156782 (153.1 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x2000lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)# netstat -r
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
And now to see if this livecd can be installed onto my slave drive with windows.
As a further update at this point please take a look at my new thread " hardware behaving badly " as my problems are proving to be hardware related.
Regards Frank www.snapafun.co.nz
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