[GLLUG] can't connect to Internet with mdk10.1 community
Ryan R. Matt
swimmerooo at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 9 14:16:18 EST 2004
--- Matt Graham <danceswithcrows at usa.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 November 2004 12:12, after a long
> battle with technology,
> Ryan R. Matt wrote:
> > To whomever may be able to assit:
>
> I'm a'sssiting on m'chair right now, but I don't
> think that'll help you
> that much :-)
>
> > I installed Mandrake 10.1 community last night and
> > after restarting the computer, my Internet
> connection
> > no longer works. First I tired the configuration
> > tools provided by the Drake Control Center,
>
> Pointy-clicky tools tend to confuse things *unless*
> they work
> immediately.
>
> > Next, I tried to run ifup eht0, ifdown eth0,
> neither
> > gave me much information.
>
> For a static IP, you typically use "ifconfig eth0
> X.Y.Z.W up && route
> add default gw A.B.C.D" where X.Y.Z.W is the IP you
> want to assign to
> eth0 and A.B.C.D is the default gateway. For a
> dynamic IP, you just do
> "dhcpcd -d eth0". "ifup" is a Redhat-derived thing
> that reads a
> configuration file somewhere in the mess under
> /etc/sysconfig and
> eventually issues one of those two commands after
> going through a bunch
> of (usually unnecessary) fiddling.
I'll try this right now
> What is the output of "ifconfig | grep -A7 eth0 &&
> route -n"? This
> information is vital to solving the problem and it
> wasn't in the first
> message.
I'll get back to you on this one, I need to reboot to
linux.
>
> > My ISP is SBC DSL
>
> Using PPPoE or a "normal" Ethernet-connected DSL
> router? PPPoE requires
> some special handling, namely the Roaring Penguin
> PPPoE client software
> or an equivalent.
PPPoE without a router: my computer is plugged
directly into the dsl modem
>
> Your firewall (Shorewall according to the dmesg
> dump) *may* be
> interfering with something. Try turning it off with
> whatever tools
> Mandrake uses. If you can then ping other machines,
> you need to
> restart/reconfigure/something the firewall. If the
> firewall was
> originally configured to allow packets to X.Y.Z.W
> and your machine's IP
> changed (DHCP or whatever, happens every so often)
> then you need to put
> the new allowed destination address in.
so try to disable, will do
Thank you for your courtesies and assitance.
=====
Ryan R. Matt
300 Western Ave. Apt. #A24
Lansing, MI 48917
517.487.9207
315.404.1594 (cell)
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