unable to ping my ISP's Servers.
Hello everyone, I am able to ping my loopback as well as my static IP address. but I am not able to ping any other system on the net, my ISP's DNS server nor the ISP's Default Gateway. I am able to ping my system by FQDN and just the host name from the FreeBSD box. Ping error for the DNS server ping is: ping: sendto: No route to host Ping to the ISP Default Gateway ping: sendto: Host is down However I am able to ping the above addresses (Including my FreeBSD server) from my XP box. Network setup. FreeBSD (Static Public IP) - Linksys 5 port switch - Switch - DSL Modem XP box - Linksys Router (Different Static public IP)- Linksys 5 port switch. - DSL Modem (All is working fine from here) This IP was purchased several months ago so it should be setup. Perhaps there is something wrong on their side. Is there a way I can prove it? Below is the information I have collected. I have listed in my rc.conf my ISP's Default Gateway, my IP, my subnet. My /etc/resolv.conf shows domaindomain (there is no hostname on this line) nameserver127.0.0.1 nameserver (ISP DNS SERVER) nameserver(ISP SECONDARY DNS SERVER) I have checked the spelling and confirmed the IP's in the resolv.conf are correct. I didn't set it up but my /etc/hosts file has my loopback and FQDN listed twice. I have no idea why ::1localhost.domainlocalhost 127.0.0.1localhost.domainlocalhost MY IPFQDNhostname (there is no . at the end of this FQDN I don't know if that matters) MY IPFQDN.(there is a . at the end of this FQDN and no hostname listed) And that is all I know how to do so far. It looks right to me. Perhaps someone can see what I missed or did wrong. Sorry for covering up some of the info. I don't know who is out there. Do you think my DNS server is not really working and the system is simply looking up my addresses in my hosts file? Any help is welcome. I just tried to ping the External IP of the Linksys Router and was successfully. This is leading me to think it is something on my ISP. Does that sound right to anyone else? Thank you, Joshua ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: unable to ping my ISP's Servers.
Joshua Lewis disturbed my sleep to write: I am able to ping my loopback as well as my static IP address. but I am not able to ping any other system on the net, my ISP's DNS server nor the ISP's Default Gateway. I am able to ping my system by FQDN and just the host name from the FreeBSD box. Ping error for the DNS server ping is: ping: sendto: No route to host Ping to the ISP Default Gateway ping: sendto: Host is down No route to host makes me think that it's a routing problem. Does: netstat -rn | grep default show your ISP's gateway? If not, try adding it by hand as root: route add default [IP address of gateway] Try it again, and see if you still get No route to host. Also, are you trying to ping these servers by IP address or FQDN? If by FQDN, try by IP address and see if the result is any different. I am now blessing your keyboard... -- Saint Aardvark the Carpeted [EMAIL PROTECTED] Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
unable to ping my ISP's Servers.
Do you hear people say they feel completly stupid becuase of what the problem was often? Well if you don't you do now. After paying better attention to my startup log a little prase saying no carrier stuck out this time. I checked my new switch that I bought for my new setup and it looked fine. But something didn't feel write so I started at the switch for about 20 seconds when I relized my switch shares the uplink port with port 5 and that happens to be the port I plugged the FreeBSD system into. So I moved the cable to a different port and viola. Thanks as always for everyones advice. I learn something new every time I talk to you guys. netstat -rn is pretty cool. Now I will just need to read the man page to figure out what those flags mean. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: unable to ping my ISP's Servers.
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:18:35 -0700, Joshua Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have listed in my rc.conf my ISP's Default Gateway, my IP, my subnet. Try setting the default gateway to the internal ip address of your router. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
