present efforts on my HP laptop

ME dugan at passwall.com
Sat Nov 16 22:21:01 PST 2002


ME said:
> I dont know RH, but IMHO this looks wrong.
>
> Default should have a gateway associated with it.
>
> A test:
> # route del default gw
> # route add default gw 192.168.0.1
>
> (assuming that the ip address of your router is 192.168.0.1)
>
> then run
> # route -N
> (The -N prevents an attempt for rDNS lookup so that you wont see that
> delay of 30 seconds waiting for the lookup to timeout.)
>
> If you see this:
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway     Genmask        Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0     255.255.255.0  U     0      0      0   eth0
> 0.0.0.0     192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0        UG    0      0      0   eth0

(Sorry, based on your provided info you should see:)

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway     Genmask        Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0     255.255.255.0  U     0      0      0   eth0
0.0.0.0     192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0        UG    0      0      0   eth0


>
> then try:
> # ping -c 3 198.78.65.254
> or
> # traceroute 198.78.65.254
>
> If the ping gets results showing measure of latency or if using
> traceroute, you see a path that shows an ip beyond that of your router,
> then go to the next step, and try to fire up a web browser and do web
> browsing.
>
> (NOTE: all of the above is for *testing* not for final fix. If this
> works, then we will need to investigate your network settings as
> configured from neat or whatever network tool you used.)
>
>
>
> John Kohler said:
>> I am not sure who it was who asked me what the response to this
>> command
> would be:
>>
>> netstat -r
>>
>> I did try the command, as root level operator, and got the following:
>>
>> Destination  Gateway  Genmask           Flags  MSS  Window  irtt
>> iface
>>    192.168.0.0     *            255.255.255.0      U      40      0
>>
>>    0      eth0
>> 127.0.0.0        *             255.0.0.0               U      40     0
>>
>>           0      lo
>> default            *             0.0.0.0                   UG   40
>> 0
>>
>>            0       eth0
>>
>>
>> Right upon starting this command the first 2 come right up.  The
>> default
>>  one takes about 30 seconds to appear.  Which is strange, I think.
>>
>> Once again this is with the static setting of the eth0 configuration.
>>  DHCP doesn't work on the laptop at all.  It doesn't even establish
>> contact.
>>
>> Strangely, at this point the router is not configured for static, nor
>> is
>>  the other computer on the router, an iMac.
>>
>> John
>>
>> augie wrote:
>>
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>>>On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 06:00:05PM -0800, John Kohler wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>augie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>if that works and pinging
>>>>>the domain name doesn't work, then maybe you don't have your dns
>>>>> lookup setup. i believe the file is /etc/resolve.conf if that's not
> it, then you should be able to GUI it with netconf. it may be that you
> have to set it up on your router first.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>I can get access to the router software from the iMac.  I can put the
>>>> http:// in with the address 192.168.0.1 using Netscape or Mozilla
>>>> and
> a  router page appears with buttons for LAN and WAN, installation
> wizard, etc. I am not sure how to set something up on the router for the
> hp laptop,  though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>well i was thinking if you set the proper dns addresses up on the
>>> router, and your default route on the laptop is the router, then
>>>requests for domain names should flow from your laptop to the router,
>>> and from the router to the proper dns machines.
>>>
>>>so if there is an option in the router config to set dns addresses i
>>> would do that.
>>>
>>> -augie
>>>
>>>
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