[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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