Re: mysterious loss of internet connection [solved, sort of]

2007-11-08 Thread Steve Kleene
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:49:10 -0500, I wrote: > My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL service via a Netgear hub > (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, the machine lost its > network connection to the outside world. It seems to be a software problem. On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:38:23

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-08 Thread Steve Kleene
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:28:34 -0500, I wrote: > Is it strange that I can't get past the router with ping or with a browser > but I do get name resolution? Surely I have to get past the browser for > name resolution. On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 15:34:26 -0500, Celejar replied: > If you're using DHCP from t

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-08 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:28:34 -0500 Steve Kleene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it strange that I can't get past the router with ping or with a browser > but I do get name resolution? Surely I have to get past the browser for > name resolution. If you're using DHCP from the router, as is the defa

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-08 Thread Christian Jaeger
Steve Kleene wrote: Is it strange that I can't get past the router with ping or with a browser but I do get name resolution? Surely I have to get past the browser for name resolution. It's not the same thing: your /etc/resolv.conf is pointing to the router, so the router implements a names

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-08 Thread Steve Kleene
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:49:10 -0500, I wrote: > My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL service via a Netgear hub > (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, the machine lost its > network connection to the outside world. It seems to be a software problem. On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:38:23

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-08 Thread Christian Jaeger
Steve Kleene wrote: I started the tcpdump command, then started "ping debian.org", and got the following: Looks like the replies get lost somehow. At least afaict they do not make it into the interface of your computer (even dropping packets through iptables should still make them appear i

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-07 Thread Steve Kleene
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:49:10 -0500, I wrote: > My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL service via a Netgear hub > (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, the machine lost its > network connection to the outside world. It seems to be a software problem. > ... > I'd appreciate any su

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-07 Thread joseph lockhart
--- Steve Kleene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL > service via a Netgear hub > (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, > the machine lost its > network connection to the outside world. It seems > to be a software problem. > It had been fine si

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-07 Thread Steve Kleene
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:49:10 -0500, I wrote: > My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL service via a Netgear hub > (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, the machine lost its > network connection to the outside world. It seems to be a software problem. > ... > I'd appreciate any su

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-07 Thread Steve Kleene
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:49:10 -0500, I wrote: > My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL service via a Netgear hub > (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, the machine lost its > network connection to the outside world. It seems to be a software problem. > ... > I'd appreciate any su

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-07 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 08:49:10AM -0500, Steve Kleene wrote: > My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL service via a Netgear hub > (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, the machine lost its > network connection to the outside world. It seems to be a software problem. > It had be

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-07 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Steve Kleene wrote: My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL service via a Netgear hub (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, the machine lost its network connection to the outside world. It seems to be a software problem. It had been fine since I built it in January. Here's wha

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-07 Thread Christian Jaeger
Steve Kleene wrote: I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to continue chasing this down. It may go slowly, since the problem is at home but my only connection now is at work. - I'd check the output of "route -n": is "0.0.0.0" going to the router's ip? - try "tcpdump -i eth0 -p -n" during pingi

Re: mysterious loss of internet connection

2007-11-07 Thread Sergio Perticone
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:00:18 +0100, Steve Kleene wrote: > My Etch machine at home is connected to a DSL service via a Netgear hub > (router) at home. Sometime in the last two days, the machine lost its > network connection to the outside world. It seems to be a software > problem. It had been fi