Hello everybody, I installed a Slackware 12.1 a few days ago, but I'm
still stuck on this (very) annoying thing: I can't connect to internet.

I have a D-Link modem/router ADSL (192.168.1.1) connected by a network
cable on eth0.
With netconfig I request a DHCP connection, I reboot the system and I
can read in the boot messages (but not with dmesg!) that an ip is
assigned to the eth0 network card.
But I can't connect.
I've tried many tricks with pppoe-setup too, but seem to be just a LAN
problem because this D-Link is a modem+router set up to keep a
connection open with my internet provider and on windows and ubuntu it's ok.

I've tried also by editing manually these files:
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/host.conf
/etc/hosts
/etc/rc.d/rc.init1.conf
and using the KDE tool (settings -> network setup) I've been able to
connect some times but it was totally random. I rebooted and all was gone.
During the last tryings I haven't been able to connect at all.

Any suggestions?
Thank you very much in advance.

PS
This is a desktop pc and it's the only one connected to the modem/router.
I also controlled the ethernet port with
ethtool eth0
and it seems ok.
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SEri0usj0k3R <seri0usj0k3@_NOSPAM_gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't connect to internet.

What does /sbin/ifconfig say?
What does /sbin/route say?
What does /usr/bin/nslookup www.google.com say?
What does /usr/bin/traceroute 64.233.183.99 say?

> I have a D-Link modem/router ADSL (192.168.1.1) connected by a network
> cable on eth0.

> I've tried many tricks with pppoe-setup too

If you have a ADSL router you should probably not mess with pppoe.

> I've tried also by editing manually these files:
> /etc/resolv.conf
> /etc/host.conf
> /etc/hosts
> /etc/rc.d/rc.init1.conf

Their contents might be bad, but its hard to say without knowing what they
look like. A good start is to show us the output from the 4 commands above.

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On 2008-07-16, SEri0usj0k3R <seri0usj0k3@_NOSPAM_gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a D-Link modem/router ADSL (192.168.1.1) connected by a network
> cable on eth0.
> With netconfig I request a DHCP connection, I reboot the system and I
> can read in the boot messages (but not with dmesg!) that an ip is
> assigned to the eth0 network card.
> But I can't connect.

What is the ip?

> I've tried many tricks with pppoe-setup too....

Shouldn't even be messing with that. netconfig should have set you up with
no other hassles.

Try and ping your NIC:

ping 127.0.0.1

If you can ping your NIC ok, ping your router (192.168.1.1). If you can't
ping your NIC, you got bad card. If you can't ping your router, you have a
bad cat 5 cable or connection. Look if the connection lights at each end of
the cable are lit.

nb

Perhaps I've got it... the ping toward localhost was ok, but the router
didn't reply.
ifconfig said that to eth0 was assigned a 70.30.... ip.
With "route -n" I don't see any router.

So if I give to my eth0 an ip like 192.168.1.2 with ifconfig and then:

route add default gw 192.168.1.1

....everything seem to be right. But during the bootstrap I can read that
to my eth0 is assigned an ip like the one above 70.30.... So, the
question now is, how do I assign a permanent ip to the eth0, and a
permanent gateway in the route map?

Thank you very much!
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Hallo, SEri0usj0k3R,

Du meintest am 16.07.08:


> I have a D-Link modem/router ADSL (192.168.1.1) connected by a
> network cable on eth0.

Is this router a DHCP server?
Then yor slackware computer has to ask it for a DHCP connection.

I prefer "pump" for this job:

http://arktur.shuttle.de/CD/5.0/slac....24-2_i386.tgz

Viele Gruesse
Helmut

"Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

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On 2008-07-17, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
> Try and ping your NIC:
>
> ping 127.0.0.1

Note: this will not ping your "NIC". This IP address is assigned to
the virtual loopback device. Even if your NIC was plugged into the
wall socket, smoking, on fire, and too busy sleeping with your sister
to do any work, (or if the module isn't even loaded or there is no NIC
at all), you'll get replies from this address.

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On 2008-07-17, seRi0UsJokeR <seri0usj0k3_NOSPAM_@_PLEASE_gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps I've got it... the ping toward localhost was ok, but the router
> didn't reply.
> ifconfig said that to eth0 was assigned a 70.30.... ip.
> With "route -n" I don't see any router.

Ah-ha!

Almost certainly your DSL "modem"[0] is misconfigured. It is trying to
send a public IP address to your server. Many DSL "modems" can be
configured in such a way to forward any packets it receives down to a
single host. This is typically done in small business where the
customer has a static IP address, and are sometimes bound to a specific
port on the "modem". If you connected up to an alternate port in the
built-in switch on the back of the "modem", DHCP may work for you.

> So if I give to my eth0 an ip like 192.168.1.2 with ifconfig and then:
>
> route add default gw 192.168.1.1
>
> ...everything seem to be right. But during the bootstrap I can read that
> to my eth0 is assigned an ip like the one above 70.30.... So, the
> question now is, how do I assign a permanent ip to the eth0, and a
> permanent gateway in the route map?

RTFM. http://tinyurl.com/69mtsk

[0] It really pisses me off to call these things modems. They are not
modems since they do not modulate and demodulate. They are DSL
terminal adapters, but I guess that's too much for people to
understand.

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On 2008-07-17, +Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.netWORK> wrote:

> Note: this will not ping your "NIC". This IP address is assigned to
> the virtual loopback device. Even if your NIC was plugged into the
> wall socket, smoking, on fire, and too busy sleeping with your sister
> to do any work, (or if the module isn't even loaded or there is no NIC
> at all), you'll get replies from this address.

If Nick (my brother) is sleeping with my sister, he will shortly find
himself plugged into a wall socket with his loopback device on fire, and he
will surely burn in Hell! Fortunately, WE don't have a sister. :)

BTW, if one was unable to ping one's loopback device (lo), just what would
that be indicative of? (leave said sister out of it)

nb

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:35:30 +0000, notbob wrote:

> If Nick (my brother) is sleeping with my sister, he will shortly find
> himself plugged into a wall socket with his loopback device on fire, and
> he will surely burn in Hell! Fortunately, WE don't have a sister. :)

Hoohoo, I want one off your stuff too! And I'm sure you can
count Dan C in as well as he seems in a search for a new connection ;D)

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On 2008-07-18, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
> BTW, if one was unable to ping one's loopback device (lo), just what would
> that be indicative of? (leave said sister out of it)

Well, there's several possibilities:

- - Most commonly it would mean that the loopback device isn't present,
probably due to compiling a custom kernel and leaving out this feature
- - You could have really screwed up your netfilter rules
- - You might just have taken the interface down
- - If it's not those, it almost surely indicates some serious internal
kernel problems

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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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