New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-22 Thread Mitch Crawford
Thanks to all those that helped get my internet connection working. AFAICT the Guru router seems to be replying with malformed packets on the DNS, just what that means I don't know at this stage, but my other machines seem to connect OK. All i have done basically is list the router 3rd and put

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-18 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 08:42:44PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: I can ping external addresses traceroute finds them it just appears to be the web browsers that can't. Anybody got any idea? My guess would be that there's either a setting or a remembered but untweakable config that is trying

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 10:15:05PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: I've swapped the order round WAHOO it appears to be working. I have had them in different orders before now but think the ldresd may still have been interfering. I've put the router at the bottom of the list for now until i

New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. I have a static IP 10.0.0.6 255.255.255.0 There are NO proxies running anywhere that i'm aware of. I have 3 other machines connected to this 4 port router all which can connect ok have

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 17 Feb at 12:12 Mitch Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. [snip] /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 10,.0.0.254 // router nameserver What's that comma

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread John Hasler
Tony writes: What's that comma doing there? Also note that all nameserver lines after the first three will be ignored, and your domain and search lines are at best useless: remove them. I hope that the // delimited comments are not actually in the file. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Mitch Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080217 06:14]: OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. I have a static IP 10.0.0.6 255.255.255.0 There are NO proxies running anywhere that i'm aware of. I have 3 other machines

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, Russell L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can the other machines in your LAN ping 10.0.0.6 ? yes, no problem A few days ago, upon routine (daily) upgrading with Synaptic, I discovered that network-manager (which previously was not working correctly on this machine) was obtaining a

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's that comma doing there? typo also other typo #ip address shows eth0 shows 10.0.0.7 when it is actually 10.0.0.6 Also note that all nameserver lines after the first three will be ignored, and your domain and search lines are at best

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
Looking in /etc/nsswitch.conf I have a line hosts:files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 I presume this is the order used to find hosts... and does it look correct? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread John Hasler
Mitch writes: Looking in /etc/nsswitch.conf I have a line hosts:files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 I presume this is the order used to find hosts... and does it look correct? Change it to: hosts: files dns Also get rid of avahi-daemon if you have it. That mdns stuff

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 06:16:00PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: Looking in /etc/nsswitch.conf I have a line hosts:files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 I presume this is the order used to find hosts... and does it look correct? Hhhm, I have: hosts: files dns You

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, Tony van der Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's that comma doing there? typo, since I've not got the network working yet! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hhhm, I have: hosts: files dns You could at least try putting 'dns' immediately after 'files'. had tried before, now looks like that The only thing I can find related to mdns (and which seems relevant here) is avahi-daemon,

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Mitch Crawford wrote: I _DON'T_ think this _IS_ a dns issue anymore. I can ping external addresses traceroute finds them it just appears to be the web browsers that can't. Anybody got any idea Check the browser's configuration? (Proxies and the like?) -- Bones: The man's DEAD, Jim!

New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
Ok, I noticed when the machine booted, a lwresd ( lightweight resolver daemon) which appears to be running as well as bind ? What DNS services should be running? or are multiple ones compatable with each other? How do I check for clashes etc ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 12:12:03PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. I have a static IP 10.0.0.6 255.255.255.0 There are NO proxies running anywhere that i'm aware of. I have 3 other

New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
I _DON'T_ think this _IS_ a dns issue anymore. I can ping external addresses traceroute finds them it just appears to be the web browsers that can't. Anybody got any idea? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Jeff D
Mitch Crawford wrote: OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. I have a static IP 10.0.0.6 255.255.255.0 There are NO proxies running anywhere that i'm aware of. I have 3 other machines connected to this 4 port router all

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-17 Thread John Hasler
Where did you get those nameserver IPs? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread John Hasler
Why are you running any DNS services? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

2008-02-17 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 17 Feb, Jeff D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This to me suggests that you have a dns related issue. I'd check to make sure you have no entries in /etc/hosts for 1.0.0.0 , then you check your nameservers each by: host ftp.debian.org 10.0.0.254 , then replace the 10.0.0.254 with each dns server

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-16 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 16 Feb, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mitch writes: Why I want static IP addresses so don't want DHCP turned on. Then you are going to have to get the IP numbers of your ISP's nameservers and put them in /etc/resolv.conf. Done that /etc/resolv.conf domain local.net nameserver

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sudo apt-get remove --purge zeroconf package zeroconf is not installed, so not removed. On 15 Feb, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just try aptitude purge zeroconf. the following packages have been kept back: linux-image-2.6.-486 0 packages

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 02:13:00AM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: On 14 Feb, Paul Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: right now there are these 3 scripts: S38resolvconf S39ifupdown S40networking I havn't got S38 ? Don't worry about it. The resolvconf package is not

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Jeff D
Mitch Crawford wrote: On 15 Feb, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sudo apt-get remove --purge zeroconf package zeroconf is not installed, so not removed. On 15 Feb, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just try aptitude purge zeroconf. the following packages have been kept back:

New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
OK I've tried setting up the dhcp server and am still having similar results so I've gone back to fixed IP nos. I can ping local machines by name number I can ping www.debian.org using the web browser epiphany i can't connect using the IP no for debian.org or by name. the browser iceweasel

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Jeff D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you aren't using ipv6 you can disable it by adding : alias ipv6 off to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases ok done that. whats the out put of: ip address show dev eth0 2: eth0: BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,1 mtu1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Jeff D
Mitch Crawford wrote: OK I've tried setting up the dhcp server and am still having similar results so I've gone back to fixed IP nos. I can ping local machines by name number I can ping www.debian.org using the web browser epiphany i can't connect using the IP no for debian.org or by name.

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
ok i've rebooted and now have: ip route show 10.0.0.0/24 dev eth0 protp kernel scope link src 10.0.0.6 default via 10.0.0.254 dev eth0 or if you dont have the iproute2 package installed ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:69:13:15 inet addr:10.0.0.6 Bcast

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Jeff D
Mitch Crawford wrote: ok i've rebooted and now have: ip route show 10.0.0.0/24 dev eth0 protp kernel scope link src 10.0.0.6 default via 10.0.0.254 dev eth0 or if you dont have the iproute2 package installed ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:69:13:15 inet

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Jeff D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, that all looks good, is everything working now? No ping? seems to be fine names IP nos. browsing web? I canconnect to www.debian.org and www.google.co.uk serching google for debian comes up with a list, i can select connect to a link

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Jeff D
Mitch Crawford wrote: On 15 Feb, Jeff D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, that all looks good, is everything working now? No ping? seems to be fine names IP nos. browsing web? I canconnect to www.debian.org and www.google.co.uk serching google for debian comes up with a list, i can select

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Terminal Crazy
On 15 Feb, Jeff D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so, you can ping www.debian.org by IP and name? yes But you can't browse to it via web browser? I have just rebooted browsing www.debian.org has just connected connecting to the ping returned ip no connectes it to apache on this machine. But you

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thu February 14 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Modules are supposed to get loaded with the module-inittools script well before the networking scripts.   I also wouldn't edit the scripts to, for example, to insert a delay. Instead, I would write a delay script in /etc/init.d and symlink it

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Jeff D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, it looks like you might have a dns issue now. I would suggest you verify your dns settings in /etc/resolv.conf. It should look something like this: search your.domain nameserver 1.3.5.7 nameserver 2.4.6.8 I've got nameserver 10.0.0.254

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thu February 14 2008, Jeff D wrote: wouldn't you think ifupdown would come after networking? No, you would need to bring up your interfaces, or at least check to see if they are there before you set up your networking.  But, I would leave the numbering of the init scripts as is, having

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
Ok i've rebooted again and still the same. I've looked in /etc/networks and it has a line link-local 169.254.0.0 what is this for, as this was nearly the ip i get when the network connects to the router and gets its own ip. (169.254.176.243)] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok i've rebooted again and still the same. I've looked in /etc/networks and it has a line link-local 169.254.0.0 what is this for, as this was nearly the ip i get when the network connects to the router and gets its own ip. (169.254.176.243)] I've been

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
I've tried deactivating eth0 and rebooted. the program NetworkManager Applet 0.6.4 connects with active connection ,the IP no is169.254.176.243 as per the link-local setting. Again i can connect with the browser only to www.debian.org but now i can't ping local machines or internet addresses.

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 09:53:18AM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: OK I've tried setting up the dhcp server and am still having similar results so I've gone back to fixed IP nos. I thought you said that the router was the DHCP server and that the debian box we're working on should use DHCP (as a

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 07:15:59AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp this is also probably why I keep seeing errors about unable to set the system clock via ntp. no network=no ntp Never heard of network=no ntp.

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 01:46:35PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: I've tried deactivating eth0 and rebooted. the program NetworkManager Applet 0.6.4 connects with active connection ,the IP no is169.254.176.243 as per the link-local setting. Again i can connect with the browser only to

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 07:29:27AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: /etc/resolv.conf: nameserver 192.168.10.1 What box is this^^? :/etc# cat networks default 0.0.0.0 loopback 127.0.0.0 link-local169.254.0.0 what is this ^^^ It sounds like your box

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 09:36:48AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: so I rebooted and tried to put in your init=/bin/sh but no matter where I put it, I got errors, so I tried booting into 2.6.18-6 single user mode. ifonfig then showed eth0 active and working! The init=/bin/sh goes as a

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri February 15 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp this is also probably why I keep seeing errors about unable to set the system clock via ntp. no network=no ntp Never heard of network=no ntp.   what I meant

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought you said that the router was the DHCP server and that the debian box we're working on should use DHCP (as a __client__). I think it is Paul that is having simialr problems No this is a fresh install of debian 4.0r2. I have tried

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 08:17:33AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 07:29:27AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: /etc/resolv.conf: nameserver 192.168.10.1 What box is this^^? It looks to me the consumer broadband router which also serves as DHCP and local

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thu February 14 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: OK, initscripts; something to work on step by step. Here's what I'm hearing. 1.  Power off 2.  Power on 3.  Boot progresses, init runs 4.  system comes up but network doesn't come up 5.  ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 brings the

new network config- WAS: Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri February 15 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: link-local  169.254.0.0    what is this   ^^^ Per google and wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address Quite normal though. I have not read the context but this is FYI. ok, this seems to tell me when my eth0 is not

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 03:00:01PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought you said that the router was the DHCP server and that the debian box we're working on should use DHCP (as a __client__). I think it is Paul that is having simialr

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri February 15 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: so I rebooted and tried to put in your init=/bin/sh but no matter where I put it, I got errors, so I tried booting into 2.6.18-6 single user mode. ifonfig then showed eth0 active and working!   The init=/bin/sh goes as a kernel command line

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can only use fixed IP if the router to which you are connecting is under your control as well. If it will only use DHCP then you have to use it for the network connection between this box and the router. I think the router uses DHCP to

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri February 15 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: /etc/resolv.conf: nameserver 192.168.10.1   What box is this^^? that is my netgear wireless router WGR614 V6  :/etc# cat networks default   0.0.0.0 loopback  127.0.0.0 link-local169.254.0.0    what is

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 12:13:23AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 08:17:33AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 07:29:27AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: /etc/resolv.conf: nameserver 192.168.10.1 What box is this^^? It looks to me

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:05:10AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: On Fri February 15 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: link-local169.254.0.0 ? ?what is this ? ^^^ beats the HLL out of me! It sounds like your box has conflicting config tools installed. ?If you are using dhcp,

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, we'll start from here. thanks Have you removed NetworkManager? no, how do i do that ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:56:20PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, we'll start from here. thanks Have you removed NetworkManager? no, how do i do that ? With aptitude. --- I'm a bit confused. Do we have two peopl with networking

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 09:15:30PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: Mitch writes: ifconfig is showing inet6 addr with the 169.254.176.243 net address, You probably have zeroconf installed. Remove it. network-manager used to screw setups as well. If you use /etc/network/interfaces to configure

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Terminal Crazy
On 15 Feb, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mitch Crawford wrote: DHCP server is OFF in the router. Well, turn it back on and make sure you have a dhcp client running on the Debian box (Network-manager purports to do this). -- John Hasler Why I want static IP addresses so don't want DHCP

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:31:19PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: We need a proper network layout with IP addresses, router settings, etc. ISP | 4 Port ethernet Router 10.0.0.254 / 255.255.255.0 | | | | | | | Acorn RiscPC 10.0.0.1 / 255.255.255.0 | |

Re: new network config- WAS: Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:47:15AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: On Fri February 15 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: link-local  169.254.0.0    what is this   ^^^ Per google and wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address Quite normal though. I have not read

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 12:34:48PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:56:20PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, we'll start from here. thanks Have you removed NetworkManager? no, how do i do that ? With

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you removed NetworkManager? no, how do i do that ? With aptitude. what would the command be ? (I have no idea) I'm a bit confused. Do we have two peopl with networking troubles using the same thread? Mitch Crawford AND Paul

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread John Hasler
Mitch Crawford wrote: DHCP server is OFF in the router. Well, turn it back on and make sure you have a dhcp client running on the Debian box (Network-manager purports to do this). -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri February 15 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: If necessary, pull out everything that is not basic.  Since you installed from CD without networking, you'll still have the packages. I'd even go so far as to ensure that you have a backup of /etc/ before you start then purge everything you

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you removed NetworkManager? no, how do i do that ? With aptitude. Ok, Done that, now what -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread John Hasler
Mitch writes: Why I want static IP addresses so don't want DHCP turned on. Then you are going to have to get the IP numbers of your ISP's nameservers and put them in /etc/resolv.conf. You'll need to get rid of any packages that mess with /etc/resolv.conf. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread Mitch Crawford
OK, I can ping local external sites. I still can't browse by name, but entering the IP no in the browser allows me to connect to some sites. I've added more ISP dns numbers to /etc/resolv.conf I've still no idea what's wrong :-( -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-15 Thread John Hasler
Post the _exact_ contents of /etc/resolv.conf. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
I'm having problems with a new installation 4.0r2 I can't get the machine to connect out using the browser. I can ping local machines ( i've set up hosts file use fixed ip nos only in the 10.0.0.x 255.255.255.0 range) I can ping debian.org ok, it gives 192.25.206.10 as an ip no so the dns

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Mitch Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080214 03:42]: I'm having problems with a new installation 4.0r2 I can't get the machine to connect out using the browser. I can ping local machines ( i've set up hosts file use fixed ip nos only in the 10.0.0.x 255.255.255.0 range) I can ping

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 14 Feb, Mitch Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having problems with a new installation 4.0r2 I can't get the machine to connect out using the browser. I can ping local machines ( i've set up hosts file use fixed ip nos only in the 10.0.0.x 255.255.255.0 range) I can ping debian.org

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:21:40AM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: Just to follow up my own thread, I've tracked it down to a clash between network settings network tools devices. I'm just connecting through eth1 my PCI 1G network card. In Network tools device eth0 and eth1 are both

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thu February 14 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Its also very confusing to someone who has used Linux for years.  What the heck is Network tools, Network settings.  Icon? The network is configured in /etc/network/interfaces.  Plain old text file. I have a similar problem. I am running

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 09:14:53AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: On Thu February 14 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: I have a similar problem. I am running Debian Etch: # uname -a Linux paulandcilla 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 22:11:31 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux with the latest updates.

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thu February 14 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: My guess is that in your particular installation, there is a conflict of boot dependancies, e.g. networking can't start until a module is loaded but that happens in a later init script.  This manual booting procedure will track this down.  Then

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 03:03:17PM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: On Thu February 14 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: My guess is that in your particular installation, there is a conflict of boot dependancies, e.g. networking can't start until a module is loaded but that happens in a later init

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Jeff D
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Thu February 14 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: My guess is that in your particular installation, there is a conflict of boot dependancies, e.g. networking can't start until a module is loaded but that happens in a later init script. This manual booting procedure will

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 09:14:53AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: OK, initscripts; something to work on step by step. Here's what I'm hearing. 1. Power off 2. Power on 3. Boot progresses, init runs 4. system comes up but network doesn't come up 5.

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 05:42:24AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 09:14:53AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: I have faced the same problem for a cluster running Etch. It had something to do with the network driver being loaded when dhclient

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 14 Feb, Paul Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: right now there are these 3 scripts: S38resolvconf S39ifupdown S40networking I havn't got S38 ? What I have found is that if I disable the network re enable it I do get a connection from the wired network. I'm guessing

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: There are several problems like this which can crop up. The only way I know to identify the problem, if it isn't obvious from the boot logs, is to do as I suggested and run the initscripts one at a time from init=/bin/sh. I never really considered a 'manual' boot-up

New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
ifconfig is showing inet6 addr with the 169.254.176.243 net address, where is this coming from, the router or the ISP ? I can't connect using any other method or settings. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 02:54:09AM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: ifconfig is showing inet6 addr with the 169.254.176.243 net address, where is this coming from, the router or the ISP ? I can't connect using any other method or settings. Your network setup is not obvious. Give us an

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: internet - ISP - router - [your computer] - your network and I assume that we are then discussing [your computer]. The debian, all the others are working fine internet - ISP-router-- Debian box |--- Win

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread John Hasler
Mitch writes: ifconfig is showing inet6 addr with the 169.254.176.243 net address, You probably have zeroconf installed. Remove it. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Mitch Crawford
On 15 Feb, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ifconfig is showing inet6 addr with the 169.254.176.243 net address, You probably have zeroconf installed. Remove it. Where does it live ? Search can't find it -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread John Hasler
Mitch wrote: ifconfig is showing inet6 addr with the 169.254.176.243 net address, I wrote: You probably have zeroconf installed. Remove it. Mitch writes: Where does it live ? Search can't find it I don't know what you mean by Search but it doesn't matter. Just do sudo apt-get remove

Re: New User- Network Problem

2008-02-14 Thread Kent West
Mitch Crawford wrote: On 15 Feb, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ifconfig is showing inet6 addr with the 169.254.176.243 net address, You probably have zeroconf installed. Remove it. Where does it live ? Search can't find it Just try aptitude purge zeroconf.