[CVALE] Problem with Ubuntu Installation

Tue Apr 17 15:08:52 PDT 2007

route add default gateway 192.168.1.1

...should add a default gateway to that machine.

What's the output of /etc/network/interfaces ?

--Ian..

On 4/17/07, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
> Let me get back to you Patrick. My IT Guy is looking at some different
> things.
>
> Thanks for your help so far.
>
> Landon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com
> [mailto:cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Bennett
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:05 PM
> To: cvale at cvale.org
> Subject: Re: [CVALE] Problem with Ubuntu Installation
>
> Sorry, maybe that's not right... on second look, the route seems to be
> made out to 192.168.1.1..... Have you checked the router's config to
> make sure it hasn't firewalled you out? Can you ping it (ping
> 192.168.1.1)? Are you sure that is the correct address for your gateway?
>
> -Patrick
>
>
> Landon Blake wrote:
> >
> > Here is the information we needed to diagnose my network connection
> > problem.
> >
> > The NIC is a 3Com 3c905c-Tx/Tx-M [Tornado]
> >
> > Here is the output of the ifconfig -a command:
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:67:E8:61
> >
> > inet addr:192.168.1.11 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> >
> > inet6 addr: fe80::201:2ff:fe67:e861/64 Scope:Link
> >
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> >
> > RX packets:137425 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:79 frame:0
> >
> > TX packets:1260 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> >
> > RX bytes:18412624 (17.5 MiB) TX bytes:429336 (419.2 KiB)
> >
> > Interrupt:5 Base address:0xa000
> >
> > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> >
> > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> >
> > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> >
> > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> >
> > RX packets:194 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >
> > TX packets:194 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >
> > RX bytes:14724 (14.3 KiB) TX bytes:14724 (14.3 KiB)
> >
> > sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
> >
> > NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
> >
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >
> > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >
> > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >
> > Here is the output of the route -n command:
> >
> > Kernel IP routing table
> >
> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> >
> > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> >
> > 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
> >
> > Here is the contents of the resolv.conf file:
> >
> > search DOMAIN.KSNINC.PVT
> >
> > nameserver 192.168.1.26
> >
> > nameserver 192.168.1.116
> >
> > Here is the output of the dhclient command:
> >
> > Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
> >
> > Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
> >
> > All rights reserved.
> >
> > For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
> >
> > can't create /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.leases: Permission denied
> >
> > Can't create /var/run/dhclient.pid: Permission denied
> >
> > drop_privileges: could not set group id: Operation not permitted
> >
> > Thanks for the help. :]
> >
> > Landon
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com
> > [mailto:cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com] *On Behalf Of *Dennis Baker
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:14 AM
> > *To:* cvale at cvale.org
> > *Subject:* Re: [CVALE] Problem with Ubuntu Installation
> >
> > Well you are missing quite a few key bits. What is the output from
> > these commands:
> >
> > ifconfig -a
> > route -n
> > cat /etc/resolv.conf
> >
> > if you are running DHCP on the network try running dhclient from the
> > command line.
> >
> > Hmmm... also, what type of NIC is it running?
> >
> > -- Dennis
> >
> > On 4/17/07, *Landon Blake* <lblake at ksninc.com
> > <mailto:lblake at ksninc.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I'm really scratching my head on this one guys.
> >
> > I successfully installed Ubuntu Linux from the liveCD on one of the
> > computers at work. Everything worked great, including my internet
> > connection.
> >
> > My IT Guy wanted me to walk him through the installation process, so I
>
> > installed Ubuntu a second time. (I'll make a convert out of him yet.)
> > The installation went the same as before, except for this time I can't
>
> > connect to the internet. I can view the network card in the device
> > manager, but no connection.
> >
> > Nothing has changed from the first install to the second, and I
> > checked the physical network connection. Are the Linux gods angry with
>
> > me for sharing their secrets with an IT Guy? What could be an
> > explanation for the loss of internet connection between installations?
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > Landon
> >
> > P.S. - I posted a question on the Ubuntu user forum, but I didn't get
> > much help.
> >
> >
> >
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