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Can't find cable internet connection
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On 05/18/07 21:39, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x
> chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over
> a cable modem.
>
> For the last two days I have been unable to access the Internet. When I
> reboot with an old Kanotix live-cd, the Internet is accessible. How do I
> go about diagnosing what the problem is? Any troublesome package
> upgrades recently? Any idea what the problem might be?
To start, run this "/sbin/ifconfig" and paste the results.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:39:55PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x
> chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over
> a cable modem.
>
> For the last two days I have been unable to access the Internet. When I
> reboot with an old Kanotix live-cd, the Internet is accessible. How do I
> go about diagnosing what the problem is? Any troublesome package
> upgrades recently? Any idea what the problem might be?
>
I am guessing that you connect to the cable modem either through a
cable/dsl router or directly to the cable modem via a cat5 cable.
What output do you get from '/sbin/ifconfig' and '/sbin/route -n' ?
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com
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Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:39:55PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
>> I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x
>> chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over
>> a cable modem.
>>
>> For the last two days I have been unable to access the Internet. When I
>> reboot with an old Kanotix live-cd, the Internet is accessible. How do I
>> go about diagnosing what the problem is? Any troublesome package
>> upgrades recently? Any idea what the problem might be?
>>
> I am guessing that you connect to the cable modem either through a
> cable/dsl router or directly to the cable modem via a cat5 cable.
>
> What output do you get from '/sbin/ifconfig' and '/sbin/route -n' ?
>
> Regards,
>
> -Roberto
>
Obvious question first: Are the lights all lit on the cable modem? Try
powering off the cable modem for 30 seconds then restart it. After that
turn on the pc. After that /sbin/ifconfig.
good times,
Chris
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> What output do you get from '/sbin/ifconfig' and '/sbin/route -n' ?
/sbin/ifconfig find only the local loopback. /sbin/route -n shows nothing.
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On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 12:19:02AM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> >What output do you get from '/sbin/ifconfig' and '/sbin/route -n' ?
> /sbin/ifconfig find only the local loopback. /sbin/route -n shows nothing.
>
What do you have in /etc/networking/interfaces ?
Regards,
-Roberto
--
Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com
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Andrei Popescu said:
< please post the output of runing 'dhclient' as root.
I got the following (replacing the IP numbers with x):
Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5
Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
All rights reserved.
Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
Listening on LPF/sit0/
Sending on LPF/sit0/
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:14:78:5c
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:14:78:5c
Listening on LPF/lo/
Sending on LPF/lo/
Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
DHCPDISCOVER on sit0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPACK from xx.xx.xx.x
bound to xx.xx.xxx.xxx -- renewal in 119863 seconds.
I can now connect to the Internet successfully. What changes should I
make in my init files to start dhclient at boot time?
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On 05/19/07 22:28, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> Andrei Popescu said:
> < please post the output of runing 'dhclient' as root.
>
> I got the following (replacing the IP numbers with x):
>
> Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5
> Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
>
> Please contribute if you find this software useful.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
>
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> Listening on LPF/sit0/
> Sending on LPF/sit0/
> Listening on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:14:78:5c
> Sending on LPF/eth0/00:14:85:14:78:5c
> Listening on LPF/lo/
> Sending on LPF/lo/
> Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
> DHCPDISCOVER on sit0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
> DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
> DHCPACK from xx.xx.xx.x
> bound to xx.xx.xxx.xxx -- renewal in 119863 seconds.
>
> I can now connect to the Internet successfully. What changes should I
> make in my init files to start dhclient at boot time?
That package *should* add a startup script to /etc/init.d.
What's in /etc/init.d ? (You might have to pipe it to a file and
attach it.)
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 11:28:22PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> Andrei Popescu said:
> < please post the output of runing 'dhclient' as root.
>
> I got the following (replacing the IP numbers with x):
[snip
> I can now connect to the Internet successfully. What changes should I
> make in my init files to start dhclient at boot time?
I would try following steps:
1. comment out (put a # in front) of unnecessary lines in
/etc/network/interfaces (although I'm not sure they influence anything).
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
#mapping eth0
# script grep
# map eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
2. If 1. doesn't work then go for Florian Kulzer's suggestion and
comment out 'allow-hotplug eth0' and add 'auto eth0'
Note: commenting unnecessary lines is safer than just deleting them as
you can always remove the # if anything goes wrong.
Regards,
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)
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Ron Johnson said:
> What's in /etc/init.d ?
README installation-report privoxy
acpid kdm procps.sh
atd keymap.sh rc
avahi-daemon killprocs rc.local
bootclean klogd rc.local.dpkg-old
bootlogd klogd.dpkg-old rcS
bootmisc.sh klogd~ reboot
checkfs.sh libdevmapper1.02 rmnologin
checkroot.sh libdevmapper1.02.1 sendsigs
console-screen.sh lisa single
cron lpd skeleton
darkstat makedev stop-bootlogd
dbus module-init-tools stop-bootlogd-single
dictd modutils sudo
dirmngr mountall-bootclean.sh sysklogd
discover mountall.sh udev
exim4 mountdevsubfs.sh udev-mtab
fam mountkernfs.sh umountfs
glibc.sh mountnfs-bootclean.sh umountnfs.sh
guarddog mountnfs.sh umountroot
halt mtab.sh urandom
hostname.sh networking x11-common
hwclock.sh nfs-common xdm
hwclockfirst.sh nviboot xprint
ifupdown openbsd-inetd xserver-xorg
ifupdown-clean portmap
initrd-tools.sh pppd-dns
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> What do you have in /etc/networking/interfaces ?
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
mapping eth0
script grep
map eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
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On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 01:39:25AM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> > What do you have in /etc/networking/interfaces ?
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> mapping eth0
> script grep
> map eth0
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
Is the cable plugged in to your network card? Does it have lights on
the back? Are they on? If you unplug it and then plug the network cable
back in, do you get an IP address (you can see by running /sbin/ifconfig
again after plugging back in)?
Regards,
-Roberto
--
Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com
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Andrei Popescu said:
> Do you have the packages 'zeroconf' or 'network-manager' installed?
Neither one is installed. I have Debian unstable updated to
approximately 5/15/07. What network programs should be installed? Where
are they started in the init files?
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On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 04:42:57PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> Andrei Popescu said:
> > Do you have the packages 'zeroconf' or 'network-manager' installed?
>
> Neither one is installed. I have Debian unstable updated to
> approximately 5/15/07. What network programs should be installed? Where
> are they started in the init files?
I asked because those packages are known to create problems.
When you boot with Knoppix do you need to setup networking or does it
'just work'? If this is the case please post the output of runing
'dhclient' as root.
Regards,
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)
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On 05/19/07 00:39, Edward C. Jones wrote:
>> What do you have in /etc/networking/interfaces ?
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> mapping eth0
> script grep
> map eth0
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
Open up two xterm windows, and "su -" in both. Make one very large,
and the other smallish.
In the small one, run "/etc/init.d/networking restart", wait about
10 seconds and then in the large xterm window run:
tail -n60 /var/log/syslog
Past the results in your reply.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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Roberto C Sanchez asked about lights on the motherboard lan connector
for the cable modem. This lan connector is the type of connector used on
US telephones which has a lever that must be pressed to release the
connector. There is a light on which is just counterclockwise of where
the lever enters the rececticle. At Sanchez's suggestion I removed the
connector and plugged it back in. "/sbin/ifconfig" showed only the
loopback entry.
Ron Johnson suggested I run "/etc/init.d/networking restart". It wrote
nothing to "/var/log/syslog".
"ps ax" shows no dhcp or dhcpcd demon running.
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On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 03:11:51PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> Roberto C Sanchez asked about lights on the motherboard lan connector
> for the cable modem. This lan connector is the type of connector used on
> US telephones which has a lever that must be pressed to release the
> connector. There is a light on which is just counterclockwise of where
> the lever enters the rececticle. At Sanchez's suggestion I removed the
> connector and plugged it back in. "/sbin/ifconfig" showed only the
> loopback entry.
>
> Ron Johnson suggested I run "/etc/init.d/networking restart". It wrote
> nothing to "/var/log/syslog".
>
> "ps ax" shows no dhcp or dhcpcd demon running.
Do you have the packages 'zeroconf' or 'network-manager' installed?
Regards,
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)
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On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 01:39:25AM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> > What do you have in /etc/networking/interfaces ?
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> mapping eth0
> script grep
> map eth0
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
Although this does not appear to be your problem, it is still a bit odd.
Basically, it's a long way of saying
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
My point being that the "mapping eth0" stanza an no-op that will always
map to eth0...
Have you been using guessnet in the past? (just curious)
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Karl E. Jorgensen
http://www.jorgensen.org.uk/
http://karl.jorgensen.com
==== Today's fortune:
Your mileage may vary.
Can't find cable internet connection
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:39:55PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
> I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x
> chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over
> a cable modem.
>
> For the last two days I have been unable to access the Internet. When I
> reboot with an old Kanotix live-cd, the Internet is accessible. How do I
> go about diagnosing what the problem is? Any troublesome package
> upgrades recently? Any idea what the problem might be?
Do you happen to have zeroconf installed? And you still didn't post the
output of /sbin/ifconfig.
Regards,
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)
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On 05/19/07 02:02, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:39:55PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:
>> I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x
>> chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over
>> a cable modem.
>>
>> For the last two days I have been unable to access the Internet. When I
>> reboot with an old Kanotix live-cd, the Internet is accessible. How do I
>> go about diagnosing what the problem is? Any troublesome package
>> upgrades recently? Any idea what the problem might be?
>
> Do you happen to have zeroconf installed? And you still didn't post the
> output of /sbin/ifconfig.
Depending on where in the CONUS he is, and presuming he's not in the
Aleutians, it's anywhere between 01:04 AKDT and 05:05 EDT. So he's
probably sleeping.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 04:06:21AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Do you happen to have zeroconf installed? And you still didn't post the
> > output of /sbin/ifconfig.
>
> Depending on where in the CONUS he is, and presuming he's not in the
> Aleutians, it's anywhere between 01:04 AKDT and 05:05 EDT. So he's
> probably sleeping.
Actually he did mention it in another post (but the thread is broken).
And I wrote that because he did answer to some posts, but did not
include the /sbin/ifconfig you requested.
To the OP: I forgot to mention network-manager.
Regards,
Andrei
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)