[OLUG] failures

[Nathan Brown]

This is what i got and the explanation Brian ..... It's the same as before my
resolv.conf reads like this
----------------------------------
search radiks.net
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
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ping -c 5 208.154.154.200

PING 208.154.157.200 (208.154.157.200) : 56 data bytes

---208.154.157.200 ping statistics ---
t packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss


the return is always the same with that command

If i use ping -n it doesn't tell me the statistics until I type ctrl c and then
the only thing different is the number of packets i think because the ping -c 5
must be the number of seconds assigned to a ping response and -n is no value to
the seconds? but essentially every ping is the same ...... number of packets
sent and if I use the name of the server to ping then i don't even get a return
of the packet number sent.
I thank you
Nate


ifconfig ppp)

Brian Roberson wrote:

> Guess Its time I jump in.....
>
> bind is the named server, you do NOT need to run it locally to resolve host
> names......
>
> lets start all over here.......
>
>     After looking at your ifconfig, and route commands when you connect... I
> do not see anything majorly wrong... lets start simple..........
>
> after connecting... try to ping the ip address of you p-t-p server ..... use
> this command to find out the distant ends ip:
>
> if you are anal:
>
> ifconfig ppp0 | grep addr | awk -F':' '{print $3}' | cut -c 1-14
>
> or if you are lazy:
>
> ifconfig ppp0
> look for the line like this:
> inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx P-t-P:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Mask:255.255.255.255
>
> the ip address after "P-t-P" is called the "distant end" ... this is the ip
> address you want to check first... ping it.. ( ping -c 5 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx )
> do you get replies???
>
> if YES:
>
>     ping a distant host.... whereever you want... try my box...
> 207.239.221.11
>
> if NO:
>
>     stop, report back to the list and we can go from there
>
> if the ping was successfull:
>
> try name to ip resolution..
>
> ping www.bstc.net
>
> if NOT successful:
>
> name services are the problem..
>
> ensure your resolver file is setup properly.. ( /etc/resolv.conf )  it
> should look similar to this:
>
> search whatever.domain.you.want.to.be.local     another.domain.if.you.want
> nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> (optional... additional nameservers) :
> nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> after this.. there are a few other things that could be incorrect... so
> report back your answers and we can go from there.......
>
> --Brian
>
> "Chad S. Lauritsen" wrote:
>
> > Nate:
> >
> > I think that not having bind installed could be the problem.
> >
> > You'll have to install it from the cd. Here's how :
> > 1) Insert cd in cdrom drive
> > 2) as root, say 'mount /mnt/cdrom'
> > 3) cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
> > 4) rpm -i bind-8.2-6.i386.rpm  bind-utils-8.2-6.i386.rpm
> > 5) /etc/rc.d/init.d/named start
> > 6) Connect to your isp and try, try again.
> >
> > --
> > * Chad S. Lauritsen, Systems Administrator                       *
> > * Perfection Learning Corporation                                *
> > * 1000 North Second Avenue, Logan, IA 51546 712.644.2831 x 223   *
> > "Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks." --Jesus
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