Re: Strange Loss of Synaptic Functionality

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 2/11/2018 7:44 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> On Sat, 2018-02-10 at 14:36 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> > On Sat, 2018-02-10 at 19:29 +0100, Ulf Volmer wrote:
> > > On 10.02.2018 19:03, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> > >
> > > > Host -
> > > > root@AbNormal:/home/comp# ip -6 a
> > > > 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
> > > >      inet6 ::1/128 scope host
> > > >         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> > > > 2: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 state UP
> > > > qlen
> > > > 1000
> > > >      inet6 2600:1700:4280:3690::49/128 scope global dynamic
> > > >         valid_lft 1209477sec preferred_lft 1209477sec
> > > >      inet6 2600:1700:4280:3690:98c1:1a97:c2c5:b6f5/64 scope global
> > > > temporary dynamic
> > > >         valid_lft 604678sec preferred_lft 86021sec
> > > >      inet6 2600:1700:4280:3690:beee:7bff:fe5e:8336/64 scope global
> > > > mngtmpaddr noprefixroute dynamic
> > > >         valid_lft 1209509sec preferred_lft 1209509sec
> > > >      inet6 fe80::beee:7bff:fe5e:8336/64 scope link
> > > >         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> > > > Incidentally, here's what I get when I attempt pinging
> > > > security.debian.org:
> > > > comp@AbNormal:~$ ping -6 security.debian.org
> > > > PING security.debian.org(mirror-umn2.debian.org
> > > > (2607:ea00:101:3c0b::1deb:215)) 56 data bytes
> > > > ^C
> > > > --- security.debian.org ping statistics ---
> > > > 16 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time
> > > > 15358ms
> > > >
> > > > comp@AbNormal:~$ wget -6 security.debian.org
> > > > --2018-02-10 12:10:09--  http://security.debian.org/
> > > > Resolving security.debian.org (security.debian.org)...
> > > > 2607:ea00:101:3c0b::1deb:215, 2610:148:1f10:3::73,
> > > > 2001:4f8:1:c::14
> > > > Connecting to security.debian.org
> > > > (security.debian.org)|2607:ea00:101:3c0b::1deb:215|:80... ^C
> > >
> > > ok, that's looks likes expected, you have a (correct) ipv6
> > > configuration
> > > on your physical host and no ipv6 configuration on your VM (only
> > > link
> > > local ipv6 address).
> > >
> > > So your should check either your local router or deal with your
> > > ISP.
> > >
> > > Somebody announces your physical host an ipv6 address but this
> > > connection will not works at the moment.
> > >
> > > best regards
> > > Ulf
> >
> > Just got off the phone with AT&T tech support.  Their testing
> > indicates
> > a problem which they will address tomorrow.
> >
> > I would like to say that I really appreciate the support I've been
> > getting.
>
> AT&T Tech Support has come and gone.   A nice chap and he did find a
> low light level problem.  He checked the settings on the modem to be
> sure they were optimum.
>
> He'd played with Ubuntu some years ago, but was discouraged by monitor
> driver issues and hasn't done anything lately.  He did find one URL:
>
> https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/system-failed-to-fet
> ch-an-apt-get-update-4175426643/
>
> but that complained about a gpg error about no public key.  So I would
> assume that URL doesn't apply to my problem.
>
> I have noticed that I can ping my router and my windows platform, but
> not external ULR's, yahoo.com for instance.  I find the same behavior
> on my MS Win platform, except external URL's time out rather than
> require a ctrl-C to return control to the terminal.
>
> As I see the same behavior on the part of two different computers and
> two different OS' I can't believe that the modem is operating
> correctly.  Can it be an OS problem.  The trouble started with the
> installation of the new mode for the fiber optic network.  I should
> also mention that when I install Linux I always depend on the automatic
> configuration for the network and it worked worked perfectly before the
> advent of the new modem.

- Is the "modem" from your ISP realy a modem?
- Can you configure that "modem" (webinterface)?

--
John Doe