On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 06:57:26PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:26:04 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Back again...with a different problem. Apt-get this afternoon updated > > > the > > > dhcp client package on my Sid installation and now I have lost my internet > > > connection. The boot shows it is making the proper connection to my cable > > > modem, but neither Firefox nor my email client connects. Both give me > > > errors. > > > Installed now is dhcp3 3.0.5-1 > > > Everyting **seems** to be good on boot: this is the relevent extract from > > > the > > > boot log: > > > > well you're getting ip. what is the output of > > > > ifconfig eth0 > > sudo ifconfig eth0 > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:F1:90:91:EF > inet addr:192.168.1.8 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::20c:f1ff:fe90:91ef/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:5265 (5.1 KiB) TX bytes:2947 (2.8 KiB) > > ping www.google.ca > connect: Network is unreachable >
okay, how about the output of route > > > > > > > what is the contents of /etc/resolv.conf > > > > nameserver 192.168.1.1 ( I run a router before the cable modem ) maybe try putting in a known nameserver to see if you're getting out, but I bet you're not... > > Well if you reboot you may be in the same boat :) that's the problem with sid... you don't always get those sweet triple digit uptimes. But I try not to reboot unless there's a new kernel... A
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