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bandofmercy
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 Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 5:09 am Post subject: eth0 setup. please? |
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hey... i'm a somewhat noob trying to install gentoo from stage 1 livecd.
problem is this. i've figured out how to do everything up to a point but i'm continually stopped in my tracks because i can't make lynx work with any site outside my (bradley) university's LAN, ie i can ping bradley.edu but but not unixpunx.org or yahoo.com. same applies to lynx...
i've also noticed that this ping pattern persists when i boot into xp (currently i use xp and rh8) and try to ping from the commang line there. my theory is that if i could make pinging start working in the gentoo install that lynx would work just as well. makes sense...
i've been told to add my http_proxy, ftp_proxy and RSYNC_PROXY to a lynx-somethingorother.cfg file in rh8, but that didn't work so i didn't even bother trying it... plus i forgot what the file was called.
long story short i'm sick of rh and very sick of xp and i'm told that i'd like and learn a lot from gentoo... so i want it. but i need to know how to set this up. any ideas? thanks. |
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garo
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Try the following things and tell me what didn't work:
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ping google.org
ping 216.239.37.100
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if the 1st command fails you have a DNS problem (check /etc/resolv.conf)
if they both fail you have a routing problem (check the /etc/conf.d/net)
/etc/resolv.conf syntax: (replace 10.0.0.1 & 10.0.0.2 with your DNS servers)
nameserver 10.0.0.1
nameserver 10.0.0.2
/etc/conf.d/net: (replace eth0 with your networkcard connected to the internet & replace 10.0.0.1 with your gateway)
gateway="eth0/10.0.0.1"
the /etc/conf.d/net is only used by gentoo, check the redhat docs to see where you have to configure your gateway
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bandofmercy
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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/etc/conf.d/net: (replace eth0 with your networkcard connected to the internet & replace 10.0.0.1 with your gateway)
gateway="eth0/10.0.0.1" |
first off i messed up my partition tables so i can't use redhat, i'm stuck in xp until i can get gentoo working.
also, am i supposed to add this line to a file called "net"
oh, and should i just use my module name for the ethernet card, 8139too? i'm gonna give this a try based on my assumptions and check back. |
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bandofmercy
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah... i did it, didn't seem to help at all. don't know. |
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bandofmercy
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| i still get nothing. any other ideas? |
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krjoseph
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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If you are sure eth0 is configured do this:
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/sbin/ifconfig eth0 |
You should see your IP# regardless if static or dhcp assigned. PING your address:
| Code: | | ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx |
You might also try pinging the loopback IP
If those work, ping your gateway. For example, if your IP is 192.168.1.57, your gateway will generally be 192.168.1.1. If you get there, then you are back to a DNS or Routing problem. |
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diagft32
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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If you can ping inside, your network settings are correct...if you can ping a hostname inside, your dns is fine also. I would say your lan probably does use a proxy and you will have to go through it. Find your proxy name...if you don't knoiw it and xp works, look under internet settings-->connections-->lan settings under xp. Then, in Gentoo, simply type:
export http_proxy="yourproxyinfohere:port#"
export ftp_proxy="$http_proxy"
export RSYNC_PROXY="$http_proxy"
hope this helps |
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bandofmercy
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:02 am Post subject: |
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yeah, i tried both pinging all those different servers, gateway and dns and the like, as well as setting up my proxy stuff, a long time ago.
the only thing i can say is that when i set up my proxy server stuff lynx stops being able to connect to sites on my lan and stops even timing out on things outside, simply gives a red screen error. i use the settings given to me by tech support guys, so i figure that problem is the same as others like how gaim only works for me if i <i>don't</i> configure the proxy.
oh man. i've been using xp today for the first time in months. its horrible. please help. |
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mjoswig
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| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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If you haven't got it running yet: please tell me the output from
And while you're at it: | Code: | | cat /etc/conf.d/net |
could be helpful too 
When you installed gentoo, did you use emerge to get updates? Did it work?
BTW: Many companys don't allow ping to the outside (and not every server in the world answers to the ping). |
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bandofmercy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 6:17 am Post subject: |
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ok... i haven't installed anything yet, i just boot, try, lose, and come back to windows. so its hard for me to copy down lines of characters...
here is what i got from netstat -rn in the form
dest,gateway,gen mask, flags, mss, win, RTT(?), iface
136.176.98.178, 0.0.0.0, 255.255.255.0, U, 40, 0, 0, eth0
0.0.0.0, 136.176.98.1, 0.0.0.0, UG, 40, 0, 0, eth0
i'll check out the other things, but like i say, copying and pasting them is impossible, so exactly what i should look for is hard.[/url] |
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mjoswig
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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No need to write down the output from the other commands (btw: you can always pipe the output to some file and save that onto floppy disk ).
How does it work in your XP? open a DOS-Shell and send the output of the following commands:
| Code: | netstat -rn
ipconfig /all
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bandofmercy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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netstat -rn (in xp command line)
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\erik>netstat -rn
Route Table
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Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 c0 a8 7e aa 5d ...... Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC - P
acket Scheduler Miniport
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Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 136.176.98.1 136.176.98.178 20
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
136.176.98.0 255.255.255.0 136.176.98.178 136.176.98.178 20
136.176.98.178 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
136.176.255.255 255.255.255.255 136.176.98.178 136.176.98.178 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 136.176.98.178 136.176.98.178 20
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 136.176.98.178 136.176.98.178 1
Default Gateway: 136.176.98.1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
ipconfig /all
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\erik>netstat -rn
Route Table
===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 c0 a8 7e aa 5d ...... Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC - P
acket Scheduler Miniport
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 136.176.98.1 136.176.98.178 20
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
136.176.98.0 255.255.255.0 136.176.98.178 136.176.98.178 20
136.176.98.178 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
136.176.255.255 255.255.255.255 136.176.98.178 136.176.98.178 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 136.176.98.178 136.176.98.178 20
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 136.176.98.178 136.176.98.178 1
Default Gateway: 136.176.98.1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
C:\Documents and Settings\erik>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : linuxbox
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : rhnet.bradley.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-A8-7E-AA-5D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 136.176.98.178
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 136.176.98.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 136.176.233.7
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 136.176.192.70
136.176.200.7
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:43:19 P
M
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:43:19 P
M
yeah, i don't know a whole lot about piping out side of |less and more,yet. |
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The Khan Artist
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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You could do:
netstat -rn > C:\Documents and Settings\erik\Desktop\netstat.txt
ipconfig /all > C:\Documents and Settings\erik\Desktop\ipconfig.txt |
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Digiman
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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you should be able to just type:
# modprobe <nicmodule>
# dhcpcd eth0
then try
# ping www.gentoo.org
or
# ping 130.111.131.80
Hope that helps,
-- Digiman |
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bandofmercy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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that is what i try every time.
modprobe 8139too
dhcpcd eth0
ping this.that.com
100% loss
ping myschool.edu
blah ms
blah ms
etc |
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Digiman
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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hmm, then you must need authentication through your proxy.
We have that at work also, the only I was able to get around it was litterally that I plugged my PC in front of the proxy server to bybass the problem.
Sorry,
-- Digiman |
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bandofmercy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| so basically... unless i'm like one of the tech guys that has those sort of privlieges, no. right? |
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