Re: wifi network connection
On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 10:56:50AM +1100, hce wrote:
> ...
>
> It seems that the DNS works, but still could not get through the
> Internet via my laptop. The laptop does not formward packges to ppp0,
> something seems still missing in my loptop?
>
> If I plug an Ethernet port from an ADSL modem to the wifi router, that
> works. So, Iit seems to me that the wifi local network setting is
> fine, the problem of setting is still in the debian laptop. Please see
> following informaiton of my laptop status:
>
> $ /sbin/route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 139.134.108.242 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
> 192.168.5.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
> default * 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0
>
> $ /sbin/ifconfig
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:E0:64:6E:0A
> inet addr:192.168.5.1 Bcast:192.168.5.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::220:e0ff:fe64:6e0a/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:1110 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1040 (1.0 KiB)
>
> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:144.139.45.157 P-t-P:139.134.108.242 Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:3872 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:3609 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
> RX bytes:1058759 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:460017 (449.2 KiB)
>
> Is there any debug messages can see on the debian laptop when I ping
> from wifi local network? There was noting shown from dmesg from the
> laptop when I ping from the wifi local network.
>
> Thanks all responses.
>
> Jim
Maybe check the MTU setting. It can cause odd symptoms, with some things
working (probably those with small packets) and some not.
Ken
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Ken Irving, fnkci+debianuser@uaf.edu
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