[OLUG] failures

Fri Jan 7 20:20:23 UTC 2000

Nate:
Can you ping yourself via the loopback interface? i.e.

ping 127.0.0.1

This should work without having to dialup, and it should work even if DNS resolution
is broken. If you don't get replies back, then something is sorely hosed with your
TCP/IP installation.

If you can ping yourself, then bring up the link and see if you can ping the other
side of that link as per instructions mentioned before. You mentioned that did not
work, which makes me suspect you may not even be able to ping yourself. Try it and
report back.

Nathan Brown wrote:

> 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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