[GLLUG] i forgot to include the results from ifconfig

[Dylan M.]

Ryan R. Matt wrote:

>Sorry guys, I thought I included this, so I'm sending
>it now before I get in trouble.
>eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr
>00:0A:E6:D5:6E:3A  
>          inet addr:68.255.63.174  Bcast:68.255.63.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>          inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e6ff:fed5:6e3a/64
>Scope:Link
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500 
>Metric:1
>          RX packets:59 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>frame:0
>          TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>          RX bytes:7670 (7.4 Kb)  TX bytes:1746 (1.7
>Kb)
>          Interrupt:23 Base address:0xe400 
>
>lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
>          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>          RX packets:4034 errors:0 dropped:0
>overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:4034 errors:0 dropped:0
>overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
>          RX bytes:300138 (293.1 Kb)  TX bytes:300138
>(293.1 Kb)
> this is what I had from ifconfig, which wasn't
>installed initially.  that was fun.
>
>also, i don't konw if this will help but i am
>including the contents of /etc/resolv.conf
>
>search domain_not_set.invalid
>nameserver 192.168.0.1
>nameserver 192.168.0.1
>
>One more thing 192.168.0.1 is the address to access
>the dsl modem and the connection (username, password,
>public ip address for the Internet and dns addresses
>are handled there)
>
>I checked to see if the problem was firewall related,
>but that is not the problem.
>
>sorry for leaving this out, i can't belive i was this careless
>
>
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If your DSL modem is 192.168.0.1, then you'd need to be on that 
network.  Your ifconfig shows that you're on 68.255.63.0/24 network, 
which would only work if the modem was set up for bridging, in which 
case, it would not have an IP.