Lost Internet Connection - Dual Boot Fedora Core 5 & Windows

fvsfvs
edited April 2006 in Science & Tech
Hello again,
Well I'm back, I have lost my connection to the web once more.
I have on my dual boot machine I have Win XP and Fedora Core 5, I was up and running on XP, then rebooted and booted up Fedora, only to find that i couldn't get on line? I have been running online in Fedora for about 6 days without a hitch. My Network say's I'm activated,But I can't get on line, My firefox is running, yet it can't find the servers? I tried to resart with the /etc/init.d/network restart command and all commans I know, Maybe someone else that had this problem can help? Thanks. fvs

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  • macdude425macdude425 Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
    edited April 2006
    If you try and ping something, what happens? And, can you enter an IP address and have it work?
  • fvsfvs
    edited April 2006
    macdude425 wrote:
    If you try and ping something, what happens? And, can you enter an IP address and have it work?
    Can't ping and can't enter IP address. Thanks
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    If you open a terminal and type ifconfig, is your network interface listed as having an IP? Does /etc/resolv.conf exist and have some valid DNS servers in it?

    -drasnor :fold:
  • fvsfvs
    edited April 2006
    drasnor wrote:
    If you open a terminal and type ifconfig, is your network interface listed as having an IP? Does /etc/resolv.conf exist and have some valid DNS servers in it?

    -drasnor :fold:
    Password:
    [root@localhost frank]# /etc/init.d/network restart
    Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ]
    Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
    Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
    Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ]
    [root@localhost frank]# ping 192.168.0.3
    PING 192.168.0.3 (192.168.0.3) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.051 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.049 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.045 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.043 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.043 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.046 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.045 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.051 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.045 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.044 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=0.048 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=0.044 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=0.045 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=0.048 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=0.044 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=16 ttl=64 time=0.043 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=17 ttl=64 time=0.047 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=18 ttl=64 time=0.049 ms

    --- 192.168.0.3 ping statistics ---
    18 packets transmitted, 18 received, 0% packet loss, time 16998ms
    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.043/0.046/0.051/0.004 ms
    [root@localhost frank]#
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Sounds like you're missing the route entry which is basically the "'gateway" option in Windows. You need to type...

    route add default gw 0.0.0.0
    (replace 0.0.0.0 with the IP address of your router/nat machine).
    As Drasnor said, you also need valid nameserver entries in your resolv.conf file.
  • fvsfvs
    edited April 2006
    # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!

    search Cable.rcn.com


    nameserver 207.172.3.8
    nameserver 207.172.3.9

    root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/resolv.conf
    [root@localhost ~]# /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.0.1
    SIOCADDRT: File exists
    [root@localhost ~]# /sbin/route
    Kernel IP routing table
    Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
    192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
    default sorannos 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
    [root@localhost ~]#
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Can you ping either 207.172.3.8 or 207.172.3.9?
  • fvsfvs
    edited April 2006
    You wont believe this?
    last night before shuting down I said to myself maybe take a chance and put the network-conf back to dhcp
    and see what happens, Well no dice it didn't work.
    After going through this for about 5 days this morning i got up and went to buy a new ethernet card, On returning I decided to boot up one more time and see what would happen? Guess what about 15 minutes ago it opened and now I'm back up, This thing is bazzar. I didn't need an new ethenet card, It's so puzzling/
    I now am affaid to reboot to XP thinking I'm going to loose my connections once more. WOW! are all linux so finky as Fedora 5?
    Final question, now that I'm up and running what is the first thing I could do to keep my operating system stable? Which upgrades do you recomend?
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    What version of the Kernel are you using? Sounds like either your DHCP server is screwed or your network cable is borked and only working intermitently.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    The only distro that has ever given me much trouble is RedHat. Everything else that I've tried worked pretty well out of box.

    As far as updates go, just go through you package manager and hit update all if it has such a feature. Do this once or twice a week.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • fvsfvs
    edited April 2006
    I'm just about 10 day's into linux and need a little help along the way, here is the kernel
    2.6.15-1.2045
    Thanks, If you have some tips, I would apprciate it, How best to keep it stable.
    fvs
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