[OLUG] failures

[Nathan Brown]

Has everyone given up ??? I think I have.  Someone mentioned Red Hat support.  Is
that an option.  I have registered with Red Hat but the last time I tried to
download from thier ftp I could not figure how to log on as registered .

Thanks for all the help
Nate


Nathan Brown wrote:

> This is what i got and the explanation Brian ..... It's the same as before my
> resolv.conf reads like this
> ----------------------------------
> search radiks.net
> nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> ----------------------------------
> ping -c 5 208.154.154.200
>
> PING 208.154.157.200 (208.154.157.200) : 56 data bytes
>
> ---208.154.157.200 ping statistics ---
> t packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
>
> the return is always the same with that command
>
> If i use ping -n it doesn't tell me the statistics until I type ctrl c and then
> the only thing different is the number of packets i think because the ping -c 5
> must be the number of seconds assigned to a ping response and -n is no value to
> the seconds? but essentially every ping is the same ...... number of packets
> sent and if I use the name of the server to ping then i don't even get a return
> of the packet number sent.
> I thank you
> Nate
>
> ifconfig ppp)
>
> Brian Roberson wrote:
>
> > Guess Its time I jump in.....
> >
> > bind is the named server, you do NOT need to run it locally to resolve host
> > names......
> >
> > lets start all over here.......
> >
> >     After looking at your ifconfig, and route commands when you connect... I
> > do not see anything majorly wrong... lets start simple..........
> >
> > after connecting... try to ping the ip address of you p-t-p server ..... use
> > this command to find out the distant ends ip:
> >
> > if you are anal:
> >
> > ifconfig ppp0 | grep addr | awk -F':' '{print $3}' | cut -c 1-14
> >
> > or if you are lazy:
> >
> > ifconfig ppp0
> > look for the line like this:
> > inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx P-t-P:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Mask:255.255.255.255
> >
> > the ip address after "P-t-P" is called the "distant end" ... this is the ip
> > address you want to check first... ping it.. ( ping -c 5 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx )
> > do you get replies???
> >
> > if YES:
> >
> >     ping a distant host.... whereever you want... try my box...
> > 207.239.221.11
> >
> > if NO:
> >
> >     stop, report back to the list and we can go from there
> >
> > if the ping was successfull:
> >
> > try name to ip resolution..
> >
> > ping www.bstc.net
> >
> > if NOT successful:
> >
> > name services are the problem..
> >
> > ensure your resolver file is setup properly.. ( /etc/resolv.conf )  it
> > should look similar to this:
> >
> > search whatever.domain.you.want.to.be.local     another.domain.if.you.want
> > nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> > (optional... additional nameservers) :
> > nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> >
> > after this.. there are a few other things that could be incorrect... so
> > report back your answers and we can go from there.......
> >
> > --Brian
> >
> > "Chad S. Lauritsen" wrote:
> >
> > > Nate:
> > >
> > > I think that not having bind installed could be the problem.
> > >
> > > You'll have to install it from the cd. Here's how :
> > > 1) Insert cd in cdrom drive
> > > 2) as root, say 'mount /mnt/cdrom'
> > > 3) cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
> > > 4) rpm -i bind-8.2-6.i386.rpm  bind-utils-8.2-6.i386.rpm
> > > 5) /etc/rc.d/init.d/named start
> > > 6) Connect to your isp and try, try again.
> > >
> > > --
> > > * Chad S. Lauritsen, Systems Administrator                       *
> > > * Perfection Learning Corporation                                *
> > > * 1000 North Second Avenue, Logan, IA 51546 712.644.2831 x 223   *
> > > "Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks." --Jesus
> > >
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