[wellylug] repository timed out issues
Harrold Potter
dakmani1 at yahoo.co.nz
Fri Jun 23 19:16:08 NZST 2006
--- Jonathan Harker <jon at jon.geek.nz> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> > I will copy as much data from the router as I can
> >
> > I have it set as a dhcp server with dns mode set
> to auto
> > Dns relay selection is set to "user discovered dns
> server only"
> > In the Wan section default route and Nat are
> enabled
> >
> > I am not with the laptop at the moment but from
> memory I recall the
> > resolv.conf file having only 1.0.0.0 and nothing
> else
>
> Hmmm sounds like something is set up a bit wonky.
>
> What normally happens is your laptop gets (through
> DHCP) all its network
> setup information (its DNS configuration, IP
> address, default gateway
> and all that) and sets itself up on your network.
> This saves you having
> to enter it all manually on your laptop, which can
> be a chore, epecially
> if you're not a whizz-kid and especially on a mobile
> device like a
> laptop where you will be (potentially) plugging in
> to different networks
> wherever you go.
>
> So, either your laptop Linux is manually set up for
> a network that
> doesn't correspond to the one you're trying to
> connect to, or your
> router is not set up correctly.
>
> What Linux distribution are you running? Are you
> still running Xandros
> or have you installed Ubuntu?
>
> Do other PCs on your network get on the network okay
> (or Windows on your
> laptop if you you have it)? If not, this sounds like
> a job for...
>
> Visiting Geek Man! (possibly Sunday)
>
> Meanwhile, you could copy and paste the results from
> these commands into
> an email. You will need to be logged in to a command
> line as root. Don't
> worry some of them may say file not found, that's
> because I don't know
> which distro you're running:
>
> ifconfig
> iwconfig
> cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> cat /etc/network/interfaces
>
>
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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
00:15:00:16:E8:67
inet addr:10.1.1.5 Bcast:10.255.255.255
Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:ff:fe16:e867/64
Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500
Metric:1
RX packets:7579 errors:0 dropped:0
overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7478 errors:0 dropped:0
overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2436477 (2.3 MiB) TX bytes:926816
(905.0 KiB)
Interrupt:177 Base address:0xc000
Memory:dfffb000-dfffbfff
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:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:172 (172.0 b) TX bytes:172 (172.0
b)
steve at Steve:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"DLINK"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access
Point: 00:11:95:9E:5C:16
Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment
thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=77/100 Signal level=-52 dBm
Noise level=-86 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx
invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0
Missed beacon:6
eth1 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
steve at Steve:~$ cat
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
cat: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0: No
such file or directory
steve at Steve:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available
on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see
interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
# wireless-* options are implemented by the
wireless-tools package
wireless-mode managed
wireless-essid any
iface eth1 inet dhcp
steve at Steve:~$
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