Re: [newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection
On February 24, 2005 06:54, SOTL wrote: Hi All I have Mandrake 10.1 using an eathernet RJ45 DSL input. If I am connected to the internet and the RJ45 plug is unplugged and plugged back in I loose my Internet connect and the ability to reconnect to the internet. The only method I have found yet to restore an internet connection is to do a system upgrade or reinstall the system. Now since this is a test box with no critical data on it the only issue with that box is the inconvenience of restoration which is becoming a pain. If of course this was a box with critical data on it the issue would be more dynamic. Question is there some other method to reestablish an internet connection besides reinstallation. Note going to internet set up and reconfiguring does not produce positive results of reestablishing an internet connection. Thanks Frank There is a service in Mandrake called netplugd, which handles non-static network connections (i.e. those that are plugged and unplugged while the computer is on). The problem is that it is disabled by default, which means that network connections are only checked at boot time. I've been through enough Mdk installs now to always check this one (during the install, near the end, it says something like m of n services eelected; you can click the button to go in a review the list of services and select which ones are enabled; I always review this and make some changes over the defaults). Go into to mcc (System - Configuration - Configure Your Computer), select the System table, then the Services icon. This will give you a list of all known system services and their current status. Pressing the info button on one will give you a short description. Scroll down to netplugd. If I'm right, it will say stopped in the status column, and the on boot box will not be checked. Click the on boot check box to enable this service to be started on every boot. Then press the Start button to start it now. This should fix the problem. You can also, while you're there, go to the network service (right after netplugd), and press Stop, then press Start. This is the equivalent of the service network restart command that Kaj mentioned. If your cable is plugged in and your NIC is configured correctly, this should connect you to the network. HTH -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess. - Red Green Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection
Hi All I have Mandrake 10.1 using an eathernet RJ45 DSL input. If I am connected to the internet and the RJ45 plug is unplugged and plugged back in I loose my Internet connect and the ability to reconnect to the internet. The only method I have found yet to restore an internet connection is to do a system upgrade or reinstall the system. Now since this is a test box with no critical data on it the only issue with that box is the inconvenience of restoration which is becoming a pain. If of course this was a box with critical data on it the issue would be more dynamic. Question is there some other method to reestablish an internet connection besides reinstallation. Note going to internet set up and reconfiguring does not produce positive results of reestablishing an internet connection. Thanks Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection
On Thursday 24 February 2005 14:54, SOTL wrote: Hi All I have Mandrake 10.1 using an eathernet RJ45 DSL input. If I am connected to the internet and the RJ45 plug is unplugged and plugged back in I loose my Internet connect and the ability to reconnect to the internet. The only method I have found yet to restore an internet connection is to do a system upgrade or reinstall the system. Now since this is a test box with no critical data on it the only issue with that box is the inconvenience of restoration which is becoming a pain. If of course this was a box with critical data on it the issue would be more dynamic. Question is there some other method to reestablish an internet connection besides reinstallation. Note going to internet set up and reconfiguring does not produce positive results of reestablishing an internet connection. Thanks Frank Not quite sure what you mean by loose the internet connection ? In any case, it should not require a complete re-install or upgrade. If you just unplug the RJ45 and plug it back later, try (as root) : service network restart or ifup eth0 or ifconfig eth0 If, on the other hand, you loose the connection permanently, I'm out of ideas. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection
-Original Message- From: SOTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 25 February 2005 12:54 AM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection Hi All I have Mandrake 10.1 using an eathernet RJ45 DSL input. If I am connected to the internet and the RJ45 plug is unplugged and plugged back in I loose my Internet connect and the ability to reconnect to the internet. The only method I have found yet to restore an internet connection is to do a system upgrade or reinstall the system. Now since this is a test box with no critical data on it the only issue with that box is the inconvenience of restoration which is becoming a pain. If of course this was a box with critical data on it the issue would be more dynamic. Question is there some other method to reestablish an internet connection besides reinstallation. Note going to internet set up and reconfiguring does not produce positive results of reestablishing an internet connection. Thanks Frank I had an ADSL connection from Mandrake 10.1 (now 10.2), and I would often unplug the RJ45 overnight if the firewall was down. I'd plug it in the following morning and all would be fine. If Kaj's ideas don't help, I suspect you are going to need to provide more information about your modem and ISP Hugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection
Hugh Dixon wrote: -Original Message- From: SOTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 25 February 2005 12:54 AM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection Hi All I have Mandrake 10.1 using an eathernet RJ45 DSL input. If I am connected to the internet and the RJ45 plug is unplugged and plugged back in I loose my Internet connect and the ability to reconnect to the internet. The only method I have found yet to restore an internet connection is to do a system upgrade or reinstall the system. Now since this is a test box with no critical data on it the only issue with that box is the inconvenience of restoration which is becoming a pain. If of course this was a box with critical data on it the issue would be more dynamic. Question is there some other method to reestablish an internet connection besides reinstallation. Note going to internet set up and reconfiguring does not produce positive results of reestablishing an internet connection. Thanks Frank I had an ADSL connection from Mandrake 10.1 (now 10.2), and I would often unplug the RJ45 overnight if the firewall was down. I'd plug it in the following morning and all would be fine. If Kaj's ideas don't help, I suspect you are going to need to provide more information about your modem and ISP Hugh It might be a bit more work if he is using something like PPPoE or PPPoA to connect. But doing a network restart should handle that. It should also handle NICs that don't report connection status. ifplugd doesn't work too well without that. Mikkel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
