I am using openSuse 11.1 I have had it on a dual boot with Windows for about 2 months with no problems. Now it would seem I cannot access the internet. Weirdly enough though when on the linux side it will tell me there are updates available for my computer but then has problems downloading them. I also cannot seem to access any internet web site. I am on a wired network that has not changed since I installed OpenSuse and for 2 months no issues and I have not had any kind of “Network Updates” I am using Mozilla Firefox. I am unclear of what to do. I have only been using linux for the past few months. My Network Card is a Realtek RTL8139/910x Family Fast Ethernet. As I already stated I had everything working just fine a couple of days ago now no internet works in Linux. I do want to mention that I have no trouble accessing the Internet on the Windows XP side of this computer only the linux side
A simple way to test if this is a DNS issue (name resolving) is to open a terminal window of any kind and do this;
ping 209.85.135.99
If that pings, your network works, now try:
ping Google
If that does not work, your name resolution is an issue. If that works but takes a long time to start, the problem might lie with the IPv6 and your ISP not supporting it properly.
Report back.
ok i will give that a shot i will not be able to post a reply until this afternoon as i am about to walk out the door and go to work. I will be home this evening around 4.00 eastern US Time. And Thank you for your quick reply
Heh, the forum software of course interpreted my address as a hyperlink so that wold be:
ping w w w . google . c o m
without the spaces, of course.
Ok none of that worked. When I Pinged the ip addy it just kept sending packets it was at over a 100 and still nothing i also tried pinging google with the www and got nothing
So you don’t have a suitable nameserver in your /etc/resolv.conf.
On Thu May 21 2009 04:56 pm, Argedion wrote:
>
> Ok none of that worked. When I Pinged the ip addy it just kept sending
> packets it was at over a 100 and still nothing i also tried pinging
> google with the www and got nothing
>
>
Argedion;
It would help if you posted the results of the following commands:
/sbin/ifconfig -a
/sbin/route
cat /etc/resolv.conf
The first of these will show if you have an IP for your card, the second will
show if you have a Gateway and the third a DNS server.
It sounds like your internet access was working for a couple of months, so is
there anything that changed just before the failure? Any updates, new
hardware etc.?
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
Ok this will be a lot of information but here is what i’m getting
I hate f’in windows argggggggg
here is the best i can do with windows changing the format of my output files
argedion@linux-mm1r:~> /sbin/ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:D4:40:B4:65
inet addr:192.168.0.6 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:d4ff:fe40:b465/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:43149 (42.1 Kb) TX bytes:11963 (11.6 Kb)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0x2000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:340 (340.0 b) TX bytes:340 (340.0 b)
pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr BA:AA:38:B4:A9:22
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:A5:E6:7A:6A
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-14-A5-E6-7A-6A-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
argedion@linux-mm1r:~> /sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default dslmodem.domain 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
argedion@linux-mm1r:~> cat /etc/resolv.conf
/etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!
Before you change this file manually, consider to define the
static DNS configuration using the following variables in the
/etc/sysconfig/network/config file:
NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST
NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS
NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER
or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:
NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=’’
See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation.
Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but
may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines
only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this
file and in case of a “netconfig update -f” call.
Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!
search domain.actdsltmp
nameserver 192.168.0.1
nameserver 216.165.129.157
Hmm, a bit unusual. Have you configured it in YaST to get all info via DHCP or have you added another DNS resolver yourself? Because it’s unusual for a broadband modem to advertise itself as well as the upstream DNS resolver, although possible. Also is your ISP tds.net or a subsidiary? Because that’s the ISP that the resolver 216.165.129.157 belongs to. If you have moved ISPs, that resolver may not serve you any more. Try this and post the results:
host www.google.com 192.168.0.1
host www.google.com 216.165.129.157
On Thu May 21 2009 08:46 pm, ken yap wrote:
>
> Argedion;1989613 Wrote:
>> search domain.actdsltmp
>> nameserver 192.168.0.1
>> nameserver 216.165.129.157
>
> Hmm, a bit unusual. Have you configured it in YaST to get all info via
> DHCP or have you added another DNS resolver yourself? Because it’s
> unusual for a broadband modem to advertise itself as well as the
> upstream DNS resolver, although possible. Also is your ISP tds.net or a
> subsidiary? Because that’s the ISP that the resolver 216.165.129.157
> belongs to. If you have moved ISPs, that resolver may not serve you any
> more. Try this and post the results:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> host www.google.com 192.168.0.1
> host www.google.com 216.165.129.157
> --------------------
>
>
Argedion;
In addition to the request from Ken Yap could you also post the results of:
/sbin/route -n
This will give very similar results to what you previously posted but it
should give the IP rather than the name of your gateway.
As a follow up to your response to Chrysantine could you post the exact
results of:
ping -c3 209.85.135.99
I’m not sure just exactly what you saw pinging by IP. There should be only 3
responses with this so it is not too much to post.
I’m still curious as to what has changed since your Opensuse stopped
connecting. You did not seem to comment on that.
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
I will go into linux and try the things that you have suggested.
> Argedion;1989613 Wrote:
>> search domain.actdsltmp
>> nameserver 192.168.0.1
>> nameserver 216.165.129.157
>
> Hmm, a bit unusual. Have you configured it in YaST to get all info via
> DHCP or have you added another DNS resolver yourself?
no i havent messed with any settings or tried to add anything. Everything worked just fine for about 2 months and then bam no internet. I do however get informed of updates but it wont download the updates.
Also is your ISP tds.net or a
> subsidiary?
it is tds.net
this is from ipconfig /all in windows
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : littous-xp
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.actdsltmp
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.actdsltmp
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D4-40-B4-65
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
216.165.129.157
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, May 22, 2009 4:42:20 AM
same computer no inet problems in windows just linux
ok i’m going to linux to try the suggestions you guys have given me to try i’ll keep you posted and once again thanx a bunch for all your time and efforts
ok here are the results to everything.
argedion@linux-mm1r:~> host Google 192.168.0.1
Using domain server:
Name: 192.168.0.1
Address: 192.168.0.1#53
Aliases:
Google is an alias for Google.
Google has address 209.85.165.104
Google has address 209.85.165.99
Google has address 209.85.165.147
Google has address 209.85.165.103
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
argedion@linux-mm1r:~>
argedion@linux-mm1r:~> host Google 216.165.129.157
Using domain server:
Name: 216.165.129.157
Address: 216.165.129.157#53
Aliases:
Google is an alias for Google.
Google has address 209.85.165.104
Google has address 209.85.165.99
Google has address 209.85.165.147
Google has address 209.85.165.103
argedion@linux-mm1r:~>
argedion@linux-mm1r:~> /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
argedion@linux-mm1r:~>
argedion@linux-mm1r:~> ping -c3 209.85.135.99
PING 209.85.135.99 (209.85.135.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 209.85.135.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=132 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=132 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=136 ms
— 209.85.135.99 ping statistics —
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2008ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 132.222/133.850/136.443/1.853 ms
argedion@linux-mm1r:~>
{- orginal ping results
argedion@linux-mm1r:~> ping 209.85.135.99
PING 209.85.135.99 (209.85.135.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 209.85.135.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=139 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=131 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=137 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=133 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=242 time=132 ms
} - this went to icmp_seq=120 before i closed window feeling that i wasnt getting anywhere
I will be back this afternoon when I return home from work.
Looks fine to me. Is it just updates that don’t work or are you not able to surf the Internet? Looks to me from your DNS results that surfing should work, and updates are the issue to deal with.
@ken: He said he could not surf the internet.
@Argedion: you can put the output between CODE tags and not have to worry about it converting combinations into smileys or wrapping or anything.
I’m still not able to surf the net any suggestions on what i should do? i know with windows i can ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew and sometimes that resets my connection and lets me get back to surfing is there a way to release and renew my connection to see if it allows me to surf the net?
To restart your network, you can use this;
su -c "/etc/init.d/networking restart"
or if you are logged into root
/etc/init.d/networking restart
thanx dragonbyte i will try that and see if it works hopefully i will be able to post back in linux
Well Sh&* that was to no avail either
argedion@linux-mm1r:~> su -c "/etc/init.d/network restart"
Password:
Shutting down the NetworkManager done
Shutting down network interfaces:
eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
eth0 done
pan0
No configuration found for pan0
Nevertheless the interface will be shut down.
bridge-utils not installed
pan0 done
wlan0 name: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
wlan0 done
Shutting down service network . . . . . . . . . done
Starting the NetworkManager done
argedion@linux-mm1r:~>
this did nothing for me either i really wish i knew what the hello was going on. I have not done anything to my system to make the internet not work so why in the hello would it just quit like that?
On Fri May 22 2009 04:46 am, Argedion wrote:
>
> ok here are the results to everything.
>
> argedion@linux-mm1r:~> host ‘Google’ (http://www.google.com)
> 192.168.0.1
> Using domain server:
> Name: 192.168.0.1
> Address: 192.168.0.1#53
> Aliases:
>
> ‘Google’ (http://www.google.com) is an alias for ‘Google’
> (http://www.l.google.com).
> ‘Google’ (http://www.l.google.com) has address 209.85.165.104
> ‘Google’ (http://www.l.google.com) has address 209.85.165.99
> ‘Google’ (http://www.l.google.com) has address 209.85.165.147
> ‘Google’ (http://www.l.google.com) has address 209.85.165.103
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> argedion@linux-mm1r:~>
>
>
<snip>
>
> I will be back this afternoon when I return home from work.
>
Argedion;
It is clear that the problem really does boil down to a DNS issue. The only
thing that looks out of place is the last line of the above,
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
If you haven’t tried this already, in this order:
- Disable IPv6(or verify it is disabled),
- try turning off the router/modem and restarting and, if none of this works,
- try editing /etc/resolv.conf and reversing the name servers, (i.e.
move “nameserver 216.165.129.157” before “nameserver
192.168.0.1”.) You might need to use YaST to make the name servers static for
this to stick. This will assure you try 216.165.129.157 first.
–
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
Looks like the classic user error of “using NetworkManager but still configuring the network devices with YaST” to me.
su -
mv /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-{wlan*,eth*} /root
rcnetwork restart