On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 07:48:30PM +0900, Peter Kim wrote: > First my computer has trouble resolving name. I get the error: > "nt_http_fetchfile :: http.us.debian.org couldn't be resolved, Host name > lookup failure (h_errno=2)" > > I've checked /etc/resolv.conf and it says: > nameserver 210.249.109.210 > which is absolutely correct.
Are we talking about a dialup-system? > When I try substituting http.us.debian.org with it's ip address > (63.209.15.252) then I get the error "nf_http_fetchfile :: connect :: No > route to host". Sounds like you are not connected or the network-interface wasn't configured correctly. > I've gone back a step in the installation process to Configure Network and > reentered network information. I've triple checked my gateway ip and what > I've entered is correct. > > I tried pinging from using other computers to the computer that I'm > installing now like so (ping 192.168.0.240). Ping fails. Pinging other > computer works fine. Sounds like you are not connected or the network-interface wasn't configured correctly. > I've made my soon-to-be Linux computer's IP ping itself and it pings fine. > However, when I ping any other computer that is on the LAN, (computers that > are connected to the same hub) then ping fails. If you ping your own system then it usually just pings the "loopback"-device. You do not need a network intreface at all in order to ping yourself. > Is there something I'm overlooking here? Was the module for your card loaded? Does your card have those little lights that can show activity and stuff like this? If so, does it show activity when you try to connect? Phil
