* Emma Jane Hogbin (emmajane@xtrinsic.com) [030411 22:52]: > Can anyone explain how this is possible? Apparently I'm not connected to > the internet and yet I can ping an outside server AND the router logs see > me collecting mail...it might make more sense if an old lease was being > used, but the program *says* they're all expired. > > ifdown eth0 > ifup eth0 > Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5 > Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. > All rights reserved. > > Please contribute if you find this software useful. > For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html > > Listening on LPF/eth0/00:00:e2:8d:22:8b > Sending on LPF/eth0/00:00:e2:8d:22:8b > Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 > receive_packet failed on eth0: Network is down > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > No DHCPOFFERS received. > No working leases in persistent database. > > Sleeping. Your wireless is eth0? Mine is wlan0. > > debian:/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver# ping www.samurai.com > PING home.samurai.com (205.207.28.66): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 205.207.28.66: icmp_seq=0 ttl=53 time=1305.9 ms > 64 bytes from 205.207.28.66: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=1083.3 ms > 64 bytes from 205.207.28.66: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=2041.8 ms > 64 bytes from 205.207.28.66: icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=1558.1 ms > 64 bytes from 205.207.28.66: icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=1329.3 ms > > --- home.samurai.com ping statistics --- > 7 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 28% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 1083.3/1463.6/2041.8 ms So maybe eth0 is down but wlan0 is up and running fine? What does ifconfig say? or 'ip addr'? route (or 'netstat -r', or 'ip route')? (Checking the route will tell you which interface your default route is using.) good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -- Albert Einstein
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