A little search on ping leads to http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html by the original creator (source included)! And just for my curiosity: what does the output of 'ifconfig' look like?
Ok wito wrote: >I’ve had a working speedtouch – pppoa3 connection. >After re-installing Woody & Sarge, installing GNOME and re-compiling the >kernel 2.4.20-6, the system works fine BUT the connection doesn’t work at >all. > >In order to avoid Mr. Gomez’ prompt note: Read the FAQ….. I assure that I >did so. I have the same ppp-configuration as before the re-installation, the >same options, a good /etc/resolv.conf file linked to /etc/ppp/resolv.conv >etc. (I hope so) > >The big difference between the old and the new system installation: GNOME is >working well now. > >The behaviour of my connection is as follows: >1) the syslog entries look good >2) modem_run seems to be OK >3) pppoa3 runs in 4 or 5 tasks >4) using the debug options I can see: pppd is living >5) the registration (chap) to my ISP is OK >6) pppd does recognize the nameserver declarations in my resolv.conf file >7) “ifconfig” and “route –n” both deliver good results >8) All seems to be OK – I cannot find any suspicious problem line in syslog… >9) I know 4 IP addresses in my PC’s environment: > 2 nameserver IP’s (defined by myself in resolv.conv) and > 2 IP’s given to me by “route –n” (local IP and gateway-IP?) >10) I can ping this 4 IP’s – this works fine >11) But I cannot ping anything else: > neither symbolic names (www.linux.org) nor the appropriate IP-addresses >12) “nslookup” resp. “host” return connection timeout in all (in all) cases > >It looks like the connection between my PC, my modem (and propably to my >ISP??) is good – but behind my ISP the line is interrupted or so…. > >I found a task in the speedtouch mailing list’s archive from March 2003 >describing the same situation: no answers exist to this request. So I guess >nobody can offer a explanation / solution to this / my problem. >I found an other task from 14.th June 2003 with a similar problem: but the >people discuss in Dutch - and so I will never find aout the solution. > >I don’t understand the system’s behaviour - because I don’t understand the >way the “ping” process does work. I don’t know neither their tasks nor the >communication flow between “ping”, “pppd” and “pppoa3”. > >And so I tried to get the source files for “ping” etc - and this is my next >problem and I hope someone can help me here: >I have 7 resp. 8 CD’s for Woody & Sarge. >I know /etc/apt/sources.list >Using “dselect” & “dpkg –l” I discovered “netlink” as ping’s home-package – >but where can I get the appropriated source files? >I guess at least 1 of 8 CDs should cover the source files – but I'm unable >to find them.... > >So I'm sitting here behind a huge wall and hope someone give me a hint where >I could get “ping”-sources from? >Thank you for attention > > > >Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB >Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
