Re: [ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-21 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 20:02 +, Dave Briggs wrote: OK... 1. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ host www.ubuntu.com www.ubuntu.com has address 82.211.81.166 ;; Warning: Message parser reports malformed message packet. 2. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 192.168.1.1 [ie my modem's

[ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-16 Thread Dave Briggs
Hi list Just got my broadband live, and there's a bit of a problem with it. Basically, I have got all my settings right in the modem interface, and it is working fine in my windows partition. But in Ubuntu, I boot up Firefox, try and load a webpage, and... nothing happens. Can anyone give me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-16 Thread Richard Downing
Dave Briggs wrote: Hi list Just got my broadband live, and there's a bit of a problem with it. Basically, I have got all my settings right in the modem interface, and it is working fine in my windows partition. But in Ubuntu, I boot up Firefox, try and load a webpage, and... nothing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-16 Thread baza
On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 15:05 +, Richard Downing wrote: Dave Briggs wrote: Hi list Just got my broadband live, and there's a bit of a problem with it. Basically, I have got all my settings right in the modem interface, and it is working fine in my windows partition. But in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-16 Thread David Pashley
On Dec 16, 2006 at 15:22, Dave Briggs praised the llamas by saying: On 16/12/06, Richard Downing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the link encrypted? Do you need a License Registration Server process running? Did you load the driver? No to the first one, it was bbc.co.uk. I am using a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-16 Thread Dave Briggs
On 16/12/06, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The HantsLUG wiki [0] has a nice network diags page [1] which might be useful. Cheers all. Am logging out of here and going into Ubuntu to run through David P's list of things. Back in a bit! -- Dave Briggs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-16 Thread Toby Smithe
Can you ping the router? Can you ping the ISP's router or DNS server? If so, can you ping a host name (eg www.google.co.uk)? Or can you ping stuff, but only stuff that's on the local net? What's the output of the ip route command? On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 16:12 +, Dave Briggs wrote: On

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-16 Thread David Pashley
On Dec 16, 2006 at 16:07, Dave Briggs praised the llamas by saying: On 16/12/06, David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Run ip link OK: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ip link 1: lo: LOOPBACK,UP,1 mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: eth0: