Andy Gospodarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 03:54:58PM -0500, Marc D Ronell wrote: >> Andy Gospodarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 02:22:24PM -0500, Marc D Ronell wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I can not ping a remote host successfully unless I have "tcpdump -i >> >> eth0" running, in which case, my network access works fine. >> > >> > Interesting that when your interface is in promiscious mode it works >> > fine, but otherwise it doesn't. Do you have all of your iptables rules >> > cleared? >> > >> >> Thanks very much for your reply and interest. I find this an odd >> problem. The output of iptables -L looks like: >> >> caviar:/tmp# iptables -L >> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) >> target prot opt source destination >> >> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) >> target prot opt source destination >> >> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) >> target prot opt source destination >> >> The machine name is caviar on the prompt. There are no rules in >> place. AFAIK, there are no firewalls running. Changing the routing >> table did not help the situation. >> > > Looks good. > >> >> >> I am running Debian etch on a Dell Inspiron e1505 laptop. The eth0 >> >> address is static on my local LAN. Once tcpdump is running, the >> >> laptop can access the network with no problems. >> > >> > What networking hardware is on that laptop? Can you post the complete >> > output of `ethtool -i eth0` and the network device info from the output >> > of `lcpci -vvv`? >> >> lspci output is attached below. >> > > I presumed this is with the wired interface (not the wireless one). > That is a correct assumption, right? > Thats correct. Its the wired interface, eth0 which is having the problem. I have turned the wireless interface, eth2 off with both ifconfig and ifdown, and still, the connection to the outside only works when tcpdump is running.
> Can you post the output from `ethtool -i ethX` (where ethX is the wired > interface). I ask because that tells me what version of the b44/ipw3945 > driver you are using. > > # ethtool -i eth0 driver: b44 version: 1.01 firmware-version: bus-info: 0000:03:00.0 The system was working originally fine, but something changed. Perhaps through an Debian aptitude update. Thanks for your help and interest. marc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
