Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet [SOLVED]

2012-10-05 Thread Robert Locke
On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 18:36 -0700, jackson byers wrote: > Followed Rob explicitly, now f16 box using uverse, on internet! > Welcome to your F16 box, back on to the Interwebs! Glad it worked! --Rob -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet [SOLVED]

2012-10-05 Thread jackson byers
Followed Rob explicitly, now f16 box using uverse, on internet! ifcfg-eth0: # Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702X Gigabit Ethernet DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=00:e0:18:d2:d1:95 BROADCAST=255.255.255.255 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=dhcp TYPE=Ethernet NM_CONTROLLED=yes USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes Many, many

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-05 Thread Robert Locke
On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 14:48 -0700, jackson byers wrote: > Are you implying that if I do get uverse working, that > I won't need the netgear access point at all?, i.e., > that the uverse modem will handle laptop when wanting to use it wireless? > Yes. > Re your parents' uverse: are they running

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-05 Thread jackson byers
Rob, thanks for your response; You are making me a believer in DHCP. Will try your suggestion later today. Nitpicks: >> And I much prefer static IP for f16. >> the network 192.168.2.0 is also >> used in configs of [previously used] >>:linksys router >>:netgear wless access point, >> >You

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-05 Thread Robert Locke
On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 12:30 -0700, jackson byers wrote: > Robert Locke responded: > > >You have hit the nail on the head. Your iMac is configured for DHCP and > >was working, but your F16 box is configured for static addressing that > >does not match what the "new router" is willing to accept. >

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-05 Thread jackson byers
Terry Polzin responded: >Does the time stamp on the /etc/resolv.conf correspond to the times of >your reboots? >Could you kindly detail your new equipment with some photographs so we >all might see what these devices look like. Be sure to include >close-ups of any labels on the devices. --- time

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-04 Thread Robert Locke
On Thu, 2012-10-04 at 12:35 -0700, jackson byers wrote: > FWIW, the following is my ifcfg-eth0 in my f16box > Note static IP, NM_Controlled=yes > > > $ less ifcfg-eth0 > # Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702X Gigabit Ethernet > DEVICE=eth0 > HWADDR=00:e0:18:d2:d1:95 > BROADCAST=255.255.255.25

RE: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-04 Thread jackson byers
FWIW, the following is my ifcfg-eth0 in my f16box Note static IP, NM_Controlled=yes $ less ifcfg-eth0 # Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702X Gigabit Ethernet DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=00:e0:18:d2:d1:95 BROADCAST=255.255.255.255 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.2.8 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NET

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-04 Thread Jack Craig
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:07 AM, jackson byers wrote: > >> To repeat, the imac is working, apparently with full internet access, > >> via *wired* connection. The prior use of wireless internet on the imac, > >> has been turned off. > > >Well, (a) I'm not really sure where you trying to use this

RE: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-04 Thread jackson byers
>> To repeat, the imac is working, apparently with full internet access, >> via *wired* connection. The prior use of wireless internet on the imac, >> has been turned off. >Well, (a) I'm not really sure where you trying to use this 10-digit key, >and (b) even wired links can use encryption or req

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-04 Thread Terry Polzin
On Thu, 2012-10-04 at 10:00 -0700, jackson byers wrote: > Terry Polzin: > >A simple disconnect and reconnect of your wired connection should renew > >it's IP address and /etc/resolv.conf else why not just reboot. > > I have already rebooted many times, no help. > My request on how to restart

RE: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-04 Thread jackson byers
Terry Polzin: >A simple disconnect and reconnect of your wired connection should renew >it's IP address and /etc/resolv.conf else why not just reboot. I have already rebooted many times, no help. My request on how to restart NetworkManager is more out of desperation, in the mad hope that kicking

RE: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-04 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 10:11 -0700, jackson byers wrote: > I don't really understand your response here. > To repeat, the imac is working, apparently with full internet access, > via *wired* connection. The prior use of wireless internet on the imac, > has been turned off. Well, (a) I'm not really

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-04 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 13:20 -0400, Terry Polzin wrote: > A simple disconnect and reconnect of your wired connection should > renew it's IP address and /etc/resolv.conf Usually, yes (when using network manager). Disconnect, wait a moment, plug back in again, and it'll do its trick. You can even w

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-03 Thread Terry Polzin
On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 10:11 -0700, jackson byers wrote: > >It'd be easier to follow this if you didn't abbreviate words so much > >that I have to guess at what you're referring to. > Will try not to use abbreviations at all. > > >My next guess is that the 10 digit key is a pass key for authenticat

RE: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-03 Thread jackson byers
>It'd be easier to follow this if you didn't abbreviate words so much >that I have to guess at what you're referring to. Will try not to use abbreviations at all. >My next guess is that the 10 digit key is a pass key for authenticating >over an encrypted network, as many wireless links are, and sh

RE: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-03 Thread Tim
jackson byers: > I think there is a router, inside the uverse-modem. If you said exactly what model it is, someone may be able to tell you, or we could look for manuals and find out. Generally speaking, if the modem has two or more outputs to the computer (ethernet and/or USB), it's a combination

RE: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-02 Thread jackson byers
Tim, thanks much for your reply. I am still much in the dark re DNS servers More on that below >If you're running different computers and/or OSs on a network that >between changes. If you have a router between you and them, then that >shouldn't be a problem. The router would be what they see, al

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/01/2012 06:09 PM, Tim wrote: Sometimes it's best to lie to tech support. Say you are using Windows when you're not, that you just need the information to manually configure it. I do even better. I start off by telling the droid on the other side of the phone or chat client that I was "

RE: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-01 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 16:01 -0700, jackson byers wrote: > what do you mean by stale DNS? how to tell e.g. Using DNS servers you were told to (or the equipment was automatically configured to use), which are no longer valid. For instance, years ago, my ISP changed their DNS server addresses, and a

RE: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-10-01 Thread jackson byers
what do you mean by stale DNS? how to tell ping 8.8.8.8 fails... 56(84) bytes of data from 192.168.2.8.destination host unreachable resolv.conf looks normal to me, been using it for a long time generated by network manager search pacbell.net nameserver 206.13.31.12 nameserver 68.94.156.1 I

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-09-29 Thread JD
On 09/29/2012 05:45 PM, Frank Cox wrote: On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:28:53 -0700 jackson byers wrote: Now f16 has no internet. Are you sure that you have no Internet and not just a non-existent or stale DNS server? Contents of /etc/resolv.conf? Result of "ping 8.8.8.8"? Add to that ifconfig

Re: att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-09-29 Thread Frank Cox
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:28:53 -0700 jackson byers wrote: > Now f16 has no internet. Are you sure that you have no Internet and not just a non-existent or stale DNS server? Contents of /etc/resolv.conf? Result of "ping 8.8.8.8"? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvillethe

att-uverse new, can't access internet

2012-09-29 Thread jackson byers
f16 today we switched our tv,internet,phone to att-uverse. Installation seemed to go smoothly. Initial cks of internet access worked, on both my f16 box and my wife's imac. But that was with browsers already up from previous to changeover. Now f16 has no internet. Imac does have internet, after