From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 12:59:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37ADB16A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:59:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D022343D2F for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:59:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E285469A39; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:59:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:59:31 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: jmlewis@dslextreme.com Message-Id: <20040715085931.49bfb0be.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <2cdca6c12aa9eca942ca.20040715002906.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> References: <2cdca6c12aa9eca942ca.20040715002906.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem connecting to network (was no subject) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:59:35 -0000 Please use a subject line so people don't ignore your message. "Joshua Lewis" wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am able to ping my loopback as well as my static IP address. but I am > not able to ping any other system on the net, my ISP's DNS server nor the > ISP's Default Gateway. I am able to ping my system by FQDN and just the > host name from the FreeBSD box. > > Ping error for the DNS server ping is: > ping: sendto: No route to host Sounds like you're routing isn't right. What does 'netstat -rn' show you? Is that information correct? Do you have a 'defaultrouter="??"' line in /etc/rc.conf? > Ping to the ISP Default Gateway > ping: sendto: Host is down > > However I am able to ping the above addresses (Including my FreeBSD > server) from my XP box. > > Network setup. > > FreeBSD (Static Public IP) -> Linksys 5 port switch -> Switch -> DSL Modem > > XP box -> Linksys Router (Different Static public IP)-> Linksys 5 port > switch. -> DSL Modem (All is working fine from here) > > This IP was purchased several months ago so it should be setup. Perhaps > there is something wrong on their side. Is there a way I can prove it? Change the XP box's IP to the new one and try it out. If it doesn't work on either box, you can feel pretty confident that it's not your fault. > Below is the information I have collected. > > I have listed in my rc.conf my ISP's Default Gateway, my IP, my subnet. > > My /etc/resolv.conf shows > domain domain (there is no hostname on this line) > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > nameserver ************ (ISP DNS SERVER) > nameserver ************(ISP SECONDARY DNS SERVER) > > I have checked the spelling and confirmed the IP's in the resolv.conf are > correct. Do you have IP addys or hostnames in resolv.conf? IPs are more reliable. > I didn't set it up but my /etc/hosts file has my loopback and FQDN listed > twice. I have no idea why > ::1 localhost.domain localhost > 127.0.0.1 localhost.domain localhost > MY IP FQDN hostname (there is no "." at the end of this FQDN I don't > know if that matters) > MY IP FQDN. (there is a "." at the end of this FQDN and no hostname > listed) > > > And that is all I know how to do so far. It looks right to me. Perhaps > someone can see what I missed or did wrong. > > Sorry for covering up some of the info. I don't know who is out there. If you're on the Internet, the crooks already have your IP address. Obscuring that information in this message just makes it harder for folks to help. > Do you think my DNS server is not really working and the system is simply > looking up my addresses in my hosts file? No, if you weren't resolving hostnames, you'd get different errors from ping. > Any help is welcome. > > I just tried to ping the External IP of the Linksys Router and was > successfully. Router? What router? You don't mention a router anywhere else. > This is leading me to think it is something on my ISP. Does > that sound right to anyone else? It's definately a possibility. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com