ping www.sun.com ===>> unknown host www.sun.com: What 1 cmd fixes it?
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From: hume.spamfilter on 25 Nov 2009 07:55 David Combs <dkcombs(a)panix.com> wrote: >>First, ping the router. > How do you do that? ping <IP>. But you'd have to know what your router is, first. Are you behind a little NAT box, like a DLink or something? Should your machine be statically configured, or acquiring via DHCP? I asked before in a different followup. -- Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/
From: Barry OGrady on 27 Nov 2009 19:06 On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:05:57 +0000 (UTC), dkcombs(a)panix.com (David Combs) wrote: >In article <hee768$gf$2(a)Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca>, > <hume.spamfilter(a)bofh.ca> wrote: >>David Combs <dkcombs(a)panix.com> wrote: >>> Oh, just to make sure, is there any way to query the >>> router from the computer, or send something to it, >>> that will simply show that the computer IS connected >>> to it? >> >>Yes, ping. >> >>However, "unknown host" seems to indicate that perhaps your nameservice >>is broken. That MIGHT be because the entire network is broken, but perhaps >>not. >> >>First, ping the router. > > >How do you do that? > >> >>Then, ping the nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf. > > >ping 167.206.251.129 > >Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) >For icmp from .... >Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) >For icmp from .... >Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) >For icmp from .... >Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) >For icmp from .... >^C You appear to have the gateway set to localhost 127.0.0.1. You need to change it to the router ip. > > >Then same thing but for ....130 > >ping 167.206.251.130 > >ditto for its output, but with 130 instead of 129. > > > > > >David > > > > > > > > > > >> >>Then, use 'nslookup' to check if a known host will resolve, like www.sun.com. >> >>If nslookup works, check /etc/nsswitch.conf. >> >>-- >>Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/ > =-=-= Barry http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og
From: David Combs on 27 Nov 2009 19:27 In article <4bq0h5duqqik8cci7mkfkrujaknv0kok3l(a)4ax.com>, Barry OGrady <god_free_jones(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:05:57 +0000 (UTC), dkcombs(a)panix.com (David >Combs) wrote: > >>In article <hee768$gf$2(a)Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca>, >> <hume.spamfilter(a)bofh.ca> wrote: >>>David Combs <dkcombs(a)panix.com> wrote: >>>> Oh, just to make sure, is there any way to query the >>>> router from the computer, or send something to it, >>>> that will simply show that the computer IS connected >>>> to it? >>> >>>Yes, ping. >>> >>>However, "unknown host" seems to indicate that perhaps your nameservice >>>is broken. That MIGHT be because the entire network is broken, but perhaps >>>not. >>> >>>First, ping the router. >> >> >>How do you do that? >> >>> >>>Then, ping the nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf. >> >> >>ping 167.206.251.129 >> >>Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) >>For icmp from .... >>Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) >>For icmp from .... >>Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) >>For icmp from .... >>Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) >>For icmp from .... >>^C > >You appear to have the gateway set to localhost 127.0.0.1. >You need to change it to the router ip. > Really stupid question, but how do I do that? ie, what file, and maybe what line in it, do I change? (The paper I was given says "default gateway 192.168.1.1".) I mean, I gave the above command: >>ping 167.206.251.129 and it came back with: >> >>Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) >>For icmp from .... >>Host unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) .... Where did it get that 127.0.0.1 from? > >> >> >>Then same thing but for ....130 >> >>ping 167.206.251.130 >> >>ditto for its output, but with 130 instead of 129. >> >> >> >> >> >>David >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>>Then, use 'nslookup' to check if a known host will resolve, like www.sun.com. >>> >>>If nslookup works, check /etc/nsswitch.conf. >>> >>>-- >>>Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/ >> > >=-=-= >Barry >http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og Much thanks from embarrassingly know-nothing David
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