On May 31, 1:34 am, Bill Marcum wrote:
> On 30 May 2007 14:26:11 -0700, Philippe Signoret
>
>
>
> wrote:
>
> > I am having problems with my Linux computer in my LAN.
>
> > Here is the current setup:
>
> > * 2WIRE 1701HG gateway/wireless router connected to my ISP via PPPoE.
> > * Two Windows XP computers connected with network cable to the 2WIRE.
> > * Two Windows XP laptops connected wirelessly to the 2WIRE.
> > * One Linux computer with Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS running 2.6.15-27-amd64-
> > server kernel. Right now this computer only acts as a file server.
>
> > What I want is this:
>
> > Allow a friend of mine to access via Telnet (or SSH, I couldn't care
> > less) the Linux computer and see if he can help me take care of the
> > rest of my problems. What I did was, in the 2WIRE, forward port 23 to
> > the Linux computer. When I attempted to connect using the public IP, I
> > was unable to. I installed a Telnet server on my Windows XP laptop and
> > changed the 2WIRE to forward port 23 to the laptop and it worked fine.
> > The same thing with the Apache server running on both computer.
> > - I can access any hosted service it when I forward to my laptop, but
> > not when I forward to the Linux computer.
> > - I CAN access the Linux through Telnet using the private IP from
> > inside the LAN, as well as the HTTP server.
> > - From the Linux computer, I CANNOT ping any website or server outside
> > the LAN.
>
> Can you ping the router? Is the router your default gateway?
>
> --
> "What time is it?"
> "I don't know, it keeps changing."

Yes, I can ping the router. How do I know if the router is the default
gateway? (As you might see, although I forgot to mention it on the
previous post, I am very, very new to Linux, although I am not
completely computer-illiterate...).

$ ping 192.168.3.254
PING 192.168.3.254 (192.168.3.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.3.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=3.59 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=1.09 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.480 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.254: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=1.23 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.3.254: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=0.521 ms
....

Philippe Signoret wrote:
> Yes, I can ping the router. How do I know if the router is the default
> gateway?

You can use the 'route -n' command for that. It should look something like this:

$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.268.3.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.3.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

The first line says that all traffic to the local network goes through eth0. The
sencond line means that any other address is reached by using gateway
192.168.3.254.

If the latter is not configured, your machine essentially has no connection to
the internet, which is probably the case based on your original posting.

cu
Philipp

--
Dr. Philipp Pagel Tel. +49-8161-71 2131
Dept. of Genome Oriented Bioinformatics Fax. +49-8161-71 2186
Technical University of Munich
http://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel

On May 31, 3:06 am, Philipp Pagel wrote:
> Philippe Signoret wrote:
> > Yes, I can ping the router. How do I know if the router is the default
> > gateway?
>
> You can use the 'route -n' command for that. It should look something like this:
>
> $ route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 192.268.3.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.3.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>
> The first line says that all traffic to the local network goes through eth0. The
> sencond line means that any other address is reached by using gateway
> 192.168.3.254.
>
> If the latter is not configured, your machine essentially has no connection to
> the internet, which is probably the case based on your original posting.
>
> cu
> Philipp
>
> --
> Dr. Philipp Pagel Tel. +49-8161-71 2131
> Dept. of Genome Oriented Bioinformatics Fax. +49-8161-71 2186
> Technical University of Munichhttp://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel

Ah!

It seems to me I am getting closer to the problem...

$ route -n
Kernel IP routeing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use Iface
192.168.3.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0
0 0 eth0

After researching a bit on the web, I find that

$ route add -net default gw 192.168.3.254 dev eth0

changes the route table to:

$ route -n
Kernel IP routeing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use Iface
192.168.3.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0
0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.3.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0
0 0 eth0


I can access the computer from the web! Thanks!

Now two questions remain:

1. How can I make this change permanent (i.e. the routing table will
look like that when I reboot the computer.)
2. Shouldn't this be happening automatically every time it gets an IP
from the DHCP server on the router??

Thanks,
Philippe

On Thu, 31 May 2007 02:10:25 -0700, Philippe Signoret rearranged some
electrons to form:

> On May 31, 3:06 am, Philipp Pagel wrote:
>> Philippe Signoret wrote:
>> > Yes, I can ping the router. How do I know if the router is the default
>> > gateway?
>>
>> You can use the 'route -n' command for that. It should look something like this:
>>
>> $ route -n
>> Kernel IP routing table
>> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
>> 192.268.3.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
>> 0.0.0.0 192.168.3.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>>
>> The first line says that all traffic to the local network goes through eth0. The
>> sencond line means that any other address is reached by using gateway
>> 192.168.3.254.
>>
>> If the latter is not configured, your machine essentially has no connection to
>> the internet, which is probably the case based on your original posting.
>>
>> cu
>> Philipp
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Philipp Pagel Tel. +49-8161-71 2131
>> Dept. of Genome Oriented Bioinformatics Fax. +49-8161-71 2186
>> Technical University of Munichhttp://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel
>
> Ah!
>
> It seems to me I am getting closer to the problem...
>
> $ route -n
> Kernel IP routeing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
> Use Iface
> 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0
> 0 0 eth0
>
> After researching a bit on the web, I find that
>
> $ route add -net default gw 192.168.3.254 dev eth0
>
> changes the route table to:
>
> $ route -n
> Kernel IP routeing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
> Use Iface
> 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0
> 0 0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.3.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0
> 0 0 eth0
>
>
> I can access the computer from the web! Thanks!
>
> Now two questions remain:
>
> 1. How can I make this change permanent (i.e. the routing table will
> look like that when I reboot the computer.)
> 2. Shouldn't this be happening automatically every time it gets an IP
> from the DHCP server on the router??
>
> Thanks,
> Philippe

I would change the IP address on the Linux box to a fixed address, fixed
gateway, fixed DNS.

--
David M (dmacchiarolo)
http://home.triad.rr.com/redsled
T/S 53
sled351 Linux 2.4.18-14 has been up 7 days 3:30

Philippe Signoret wrote:
> After researching a bit on the web, I find that

> $ route add -net default gw 192.168.3.254 dev eth0

Correct.

> 1. How can I make this change permanent (i.e. the routing table will
> look like that when I reboot the computer.)

As I have never used Ubuntu I can't really offer much help here. Ubuntu
user to the rescue!

In a Debian Etch system the relevant configuration file would be
/etc/network/interfaces. As Ubuntu is Debian based, this may apply
there, too. For an interface with a static IP you would have to set the
'gateway' option with the appropriate IP address.

> 2. Shouldn't this be happening automatically every time it gets an IP
> from the DHCP server on the router??

You are absolutely right - the dhcp client should be taking care of
this. Assuming that etc/network/interfaces exist on Ubuntu - what does
it look like on you system?

cu
Philipp

--
Dr. Philipp Pagel Tel. +49-8161-71 2131
Dept. of Genome Oriented Bioinformatics Fax. +49-8161-71 2186
Technical University of Munich
http://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel

On 31 May 2007 02:10:25 -0700, Philippe Signoret wrote:
>
> Now two questions remain:
>
> 1. How can I make this change permanent (i.e. the routing table will
> look like that when I reboot the computer.)

/etc/network/interfaces has the configuration settings.

> 2. Shouldn't this be happening automatically every time it gets an IP
> from the DHCP server on the router??

Yes, depending on how you configured eth0 or what your DHCP server sends.

If you like you can dump and post your network settings and let us
look at them.


-------- standard debug network problem text/script follows: ------------
dump_net.txt version 2.8


If you read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
it will suggest you provide any information about your setup which might
help troubleshoot your problem. Example, internet connection type,
(cable, adsl,,,), it hardware, (vendor/model of the modem).
Maybe that your system is hooked to a hub/switch/router and type of
hookup, (ethernet,usb, wireless,...) .


If your problem is slow network give a url so we can try it.

So let's see what you have setup so far.

Once you get your network running, you may want to run xx one last time
and save the output file for disk crash/new installs

Might not hurt to save xx for one of a network debugging checklist steps.


The following ambidexterous script is for suse, mandriva, ubuntu, kubuntu
and will dump your hardware status, network settings and config files used
in network setup. We need that information to troubleshoot your problem.

If you are having to use windows to access Usenet:
Format a diskette on the windows system.


Copy the following xx.txt script into xx.txt using notepad.exe
then save xx.txt to the diskette/cd/usb stick.

To get the script results back to Windows and
none of the above hardware works, you can use http://www.fs-driver.org/
You do not want some malware writting to linux. You can replace it
with http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ which does not
provide write access if you have not created a FAT partition to
exchange files between OSs.
I do recommend removing the windows/linux file system driver after you get the
linux network up.
Makes your Windows AntiVirus scanner run much faster after removal.


Also, it would be nice to include your windows network settings:
Click up a Prompt/cmd/terminal and add in contents from
ipconfig /all
when you respond with linux settings.

When saving the following xx script, feel free to include the
#**** start/end xx.txt script **** lines.

If using linux for usenet access, su - root, copy script text into xx
chmod +x xx
./xx

and include a.txt (if on linux) or dosa.txt (if on windows) in your reply.

NOTE: to become root, you need to do a
su - root
not su root




#******** start of xx.txt script ****************

_fn=a.txt
_out_fn=$PWD/$_fn
_dos_fn=$PWD/dos${_fn}
_home=$PWD

function cat_fn
{
_fn=$1
if [ -f $_fn ] ; then
echo ======== cat $_fn ========== >> $_out_fn
cat $_fn >> $_out_fn
fi
} # end cat_fn

function grep_fn
{
_fn=$1
if [ -e $_fn ] ; then
echo "======== grep -v '^#' $_fn ==========" >> $_out_fn
grep -v '^#' $_fn >> $_out_fn
fi
} # end grep_fn

function ls_dir
{
_dr=$1
if [ -d $_dr ] ; then
echo "========= cd $_dr ; ls -al ========" >> $_out_fn
cd $_dr
ls -al >> $_out_fn
fi
} # end ls_dir

function tail_fn
{
_fn=$1
if [ -e $_fn ] ; then
echo "======== tail -18 $_fn ==========" >> $_out_fn
tail -18 $_fn >> $_out_fn
fi
} # end tail_fn

#********************************
# check if commands are in $PATH
# and if not add them path to $PATH
#********************************

_path=""
type ifconfig > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
_path="${_path}/sbin:"
fi

type cat > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
_path="${_path}/bin:"
fi

type id > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
_path="${_path}/usr/bin:"
fi

if [ -n "$_path" ] ; then
PATH=${_path}$PATH
export PATH
fi

#********************************
# check if root and logged in correctly
#********************************

_uid=$(id --user)

if [ $_uid -ne 0 ] ; then
echo " "
echo "You need to be root to run $0"
echo "CLick up a terminal and do the following:"
echo " "
echo "su - root"
echo "$PWD/xx"
exit 1
fi

root_flg=1

if [ -n "$LOGNAME" ] ; then
if [ "$LOGNAME" != "root" ] ; then
root_flg=0
fi
fi

if [ -n "$USER" ] ; then
if [ "$USER" != "root" ] ; then
root_flg=0
fi
fi

if [ $root_flg -eq 0 ] ; then
echo " "
echo "Guessing you did a su root"
echo "instead of a su - root"
echo "please exit/logout of this session and do the following:"
echo " "
echo "su - root"
echo "$PWD/xx"
echo " "
exit 1
fi


#********************************
# main code starts here
#********************************


echo "Working, output will be in $_out_fn "

date > $_out_fn
chmod 666 $_out_fn

if [ -n "$_path" ] ; then
echo ======== echo $PATH ========== >> $_out_fn
echo $PATH >> $_out_fn 2>&1
fi

cat_fn /etc/product.id

echo ======== cat /etc/*release ========== >> $_out_fn
cat /etc/*release >> $_out_fn 2>&1

echo ======== uname -rvi ============= >> $_out_fn
uname -rvi >> $_out_fn

echo ======== cat /etc/*version ========== >> $_out_fn
cat /etc/*version >> $_out_fn 2>&1

echo ======== cat /proc/version ========== >> $_out_fn
cat /proc/*version >> $_out_fn 2>&1

type lsb_release > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo ======== lsb_release -a ========== >> $_out_fn
lsb_release -a >> $_out_fn 2>&1
fi

echo " " >> $_out_fn
echo msec security level is $SECURE_LEVEL >> $_out_fn

echo ======== free ========== >> $_out_fn
free >> $_out_fn 2>&1

type chkconfig > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo ======== chkconfig --list ========== >> $_out_fn
for _serv in avahi named tmdns ; do
chkconfig --list | grep -i $_serv > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "Double check if /$_serv/ needs to be disabled on boot" >> $_out_fn
chkconfig --list | grep -i $_serv >> $_out_fn
fi
done

chkconfig --list >> $_out_fn

else
echo ======== ls -o /etc/rc2.d ========== >> $_out_fn
for _serv in avahi named tmdns ; do
ls /etc/rc2.d/S* | grep $_serv > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "Double check if /$_serv/ needs to be disabled on boot" >> $_out_fn
fi
done

ls -o /etc/rc2.d >> $_out_fn
fi

_fn=/etc/nsswitch.conf
if [ -e $_fn ] ; then
echo ======== grep hosts: $_fn ========== >> $_out_fn
grep hosts: $_fn >> $_out_fn
fi

cat_fn /etc/resolv.conf

echo ======== hostname ========== >> $_out_fn
hostname >> $_out_fn

cat_fn /etc/hostname
cat_fn /etc/HOSTNAME

ls /etc/mod*.conf > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "======== grep eth /etc/mod*.conf ==========" >> $_out_fn
grep eth /etc/mod*.conf >> $_out_fn
fi

cat_fn /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks
cat_fn /etc/dhclient-exit-hooks

cat_fn /etc/host.conf

echo ================ ifconfig -a =============== >> $_out_fn
ifconfig -a >> $_out_fn

cat_fn /etc/iftab
cat_fn /etc/udev/rules.d/61-net_config.rules

echo ============== route -n ================= >> $_out_fn
route -n >> $_out_fn

cat_fn /etc/sysconfig/network/routes

cat_fn /etc/sysconfig/network

echo ============== head -15 /etc/hosts =============== >> $_out_fn
head -15 /etc/hosts >> $_out_fn

cat_fn /etc/network/interfaces
cat_fn /var/run/network/ifstate


_cmd=""
type ethtool > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
_cmd="ethtool"
fi

type mii-tool > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
_cmd="mii-tool -v"
fi

if [ -z "$_cmd" ] ; then
echo ======== mii-tool/ethtool NOT INSTALLED ========== >> $_out_fn
fi

for nic in 0 1 2 ; do

if [ -n "$_cmd" ] ; then
$_cmd eth$nic > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo ======== $_cmd eth$nic ========== >> $_out_fn
$_cmd eth$nic >> $_out_fn
fi
fi

cat_fn /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth$nic

ifconfig eth$nic > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
set $(ifconfig eth$nic | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
cat_fn /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-$5
fi

tail_fn /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-eth${nic}.leases
tail_fn /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth${nic}.info

done # end for nic in 0 1 2 ; do

_dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
if [ -d $_dir ] ; then
ls_dir $_dir

for _d in "if-up.d" "if-down.d" "if-pre-up.d" "if-post-down.d" ; do
echo ==== cd /etc/network/${_d} ; ls -al === >> $_out_fn
cd /etc/network/${_d}
ls -al >> $_out_fn
done
fi

if [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ] ; then
for _d in "ifdown.d" "ifup.d" ; do
_cmd="cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/${_d} ; ls -al "
echo "===== $_cmd ====" >> $_out_fn
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/${_d}
ls -al >> $_out_fn
done
fi

ls_dir /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d
ls_dir /etc/resolvconf/update.d


if [ -d /etc/shorewall ] ; then
_count=$(chkconfig --list shorewall | grep -c n )
if [ $_count -gt 0 ] ; then
echo "======= Shorewall settings =========" >> $_out_fn
cd /etc/shorewall
for _f in $(ls) ; do
echo "======= $_f =========" >> $_out_fn
grep -v '^#' $_f >> $_out_fn
done
fi
fi

cd $_home

grep_fn /etc/hosts.allow
grep_fn /etc/hosts.deny
echo "======= end of config/network data dump ===========" >> $_out_fn

awk '{print $0 "\r" }' $_out_fn > $_dos_fn
chmod 666 $_dos_fn


echo " "
echo "If posting via linux, post contents of $_out_fn"
echo "You might want to copy it to your account with the command"
echo "cp $_out_fn ~your_login"
echo " "
echo "If posting via windows, post contents of $_dos_fn"
echo " "
echo "If using diskette,"
echo "Copy $_dos_fn to diskette with the following commands:"
echo " "
echo "mkdir -p /floppy"
echo "mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /floppy"
echo "cp $_dos_fn /floppy"
echo "umount /floppy "
echo " "
echo "and $_dos_fn is ready for windows from diskette"
echo " "

#*********** end of dump xx.txt script *********


and then copy xx.txt to the diskette.

On some linux distributions, you may need to get into the User/Group
screen, show all users, double click root, create the password, and
enable root. Root's password should never be the same as anyone elses.

To move xx.txt from diskette to the linux box, click up a linux terminal
su - root
(root's passwd)

mkdir -p /floppy
mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /floppy
tr -d '\015' < /floppy/xx.txt > xx
chmod +x xx
../xx

Back on the windows OS, you can cut/paste the a:\dosa.txt into your reply
under windows.
Do not attach it.

If you are dual booting the box, you can copy xx.txt to linux from windows.
Note: The following assumes /dev/hda1 is where windows is installed on the
first partition on the C: drive

mkdir -p /doze
mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /doze
tr -d '\015' < "/doze/whever/you saved/xx.txt" > xx
umount /doze

On windows you can read dosa.txt from a linux partition if you installed
windows linux filesystem driver from
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
Remember to remove it to allow your Windows AntiVirus scanner to run faster.

On May 31, 8:12 am, Bit Twister wrote:
> On 31 May 2007 02:10:25 -0700, Philippe Signoret wrote:
>
>
>
> > Now two questions remain:
>
> > 1. How can I make this change permanent (i.e. the routing table will
> > look like that when I reboot the computer.)
>
> /etc/network/interfaces has the configuration settings.
>
> > 2. Shouldn't this be happening automatically every time it gets an IP
> > from the DHCP server on the router??
>
> Yes, depending on how you configured eth0 or what your DHCP server sends.
>
> If you like you can dump and post your network settings and let us
> look at them.
>
> -------- standard debug network problem text/script follows: ------------
> dump_net.txt version 2.8
>
> If you readhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> it will suggest you provide any information about your setup which might
> help troubleshoot your problem. Example, internet connection type,
> (cable, adsl,,,), it hardware, (vendor/model of the modem).
> Maybe that your system is hooked to a hub/switch/router and type of
> hookup, (ethernet,usb, wireless,...) .
>
> If your problem is slow network give a url so we can try it.
>
> So let's see what you have setup so far.
>
> Once you get your network running, you may want to run xx one last time
> and save the output file for disk crash/new installs
>
> Might not hurt to save xx for one of a network debugging checklist steps.
>
> The following ambidexterous script is for suse, mandriva, ubuntu, kubuntu
> and will dump your hardware status, network settings and config files used
> in network setup. We need that information to troubleshoot your problem.
>
> If you are having to use windows to access Usenet:
> Format a diskette on the windows system.
>
> Copy the following xx.txt script into xx.txt using notepad.exe
> then save xx.txt to the diskette/cd/usb stick.
>
> To get the script results back to Windows and
> none of the above hardware works, you can use http://www.fs-driver.org/
> You do not want some malware writting to linux. You can replace it
> with http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/which does not
> provide write access if you have not created a FAT partition to
> exchange files between OSs.
> I do recommend removing the windows/linux file system driver after you get the
> linux network up.
> Makes your Windows AntiVirus scanner run much faster after removal.
>
> Also, it would be nice to include your windows network settings:
> Click up a Prompt/cmd/terminal and add in contents from
> ipconfig /all
> when you respond with linux settings.
>
> When saving the following xx script, feel free to include the
> #**** start/end xx.txt script **** lines.
>
> If using linux for usenet access, su - root, copy script text into xx
> chmod +x xx
> ./xx
>
> and include a.txt (if on linux) or dosa.txt (if on windows) in your reply.
>
> NOTE: to become root, you need to do a
> su - root
> not su root
>
> #******** start of xx.txt script ****************
>
> _fn=a.txt
> _out_fn=$PWD/$_fn
> _dos_fn=$PWD/dos${_fn}
> _home=$PWD
>
> function cat_fn
> {
> _fn=$1
> if [ -f $_fn ] ; then
> echo ======== cat $_fn ========== >> $_out_fn
> cat $_fn >> $_out_fn
> fi
>
> } # end cat_fn
>
> function grep_fn
> {
> _fn=$1
> if [ -e $_fn ] ; then
> echo "======== grep -v '^#' $_fn ==========" >> $_out_fn
> grep -v '^#' $_fn >> $_out_fn
> fi
>
> } # end grep_fn
>
> function ls_dir
> {
> _dr=$1
> if [ -d $_dr ] ; then
> echo "========= cd $_dr ; ls -al ========" >> $_out_fn
> cd $_dr
> ls -al >> $_out_fn
> fi
>
> } # end ls_dir
>
> function tail_fn
> {
> _fn=$1
> if [ -e $_fn ] ; then
> echo "======== tail -18 $_fn ==========" >> $_out_fn
> tail -18 $_fn >> $_out_fn
> fi
>
> } # end tail_fn
>
> #********************************
> # check if commands are in $PATH
> # and if not add them path to $PATH
> #********************************
>
> _path=""
> type ifconfig > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
> _path="${_path}/sbin:"
> fi
>
> type cat > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
> _path="${_path}/bin:"
> fi
>
> type id > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
> _path="${_path}/usr/bin:"
> fi
>
> if [ -n "$_path" ] ; then
> PATH=${_path}$PATH
> export PATH
> fi
>
> #********************************
> # check if root and logged in correctly
> #********************************
>
> _uid=$(id --user)
>
> if [ $_uid -ne 0 ] ; then
> echo " "
> echo "You need to be root to run $0"
> echo "CLick up a terminal and do the following:"
> echo " "
> echo "su - root"
> echo "$PWD/xx"
> exit 1
> fi
>
> root_flg=1
>
> if [ -n "$LOGNAME" ] ; then
> if [ "$LOGNAME" != "root" ] ; then
> root_flg=0
> fi
> fi
>
> if [ -n "$USER" ] ; then
> if [ "$USER" != "root" ] ; then
> root_flg=0
> fi
> fi
>
> if [ $root_flg -eq 0 ] ; then
> echo " "
> echo "Guessing you did a su root"
> echo "instead of a su - root"
> echo "please exit/logout of this session and do the following:"
> echo " "
> echo "su - root"
> echo "$PWD/xx"
> echo " "
> exit 1
> fi
>
> #********************************
> # main code starts here
> #********************************
>
> echo "Working, output will be in $_out_fn "
>
> date > $_out_fn
> chmod 666 $_out_fn
>
> if [ -n "$_path" ] ; then
> echo ======== echo $PATH ==========>> $_out_fn
> echo $PATH >> $_out_fn 2>&1
> fi
>
> cat_fn /etc/product.id
>
> echo ======== cat /etc/*release ========== >> $_out_fn
> cat /etc/*release >> $_out_fn 2>&1
>
> echo ======== uname -rvi ============= >> $_out_fn
> uname -rvi >> $_out_fn
>
> echo ======== cat /etc/*version ========== >> $_out_fn
> cat /etc/*version >> $_out_fn 2>&1
>
> echo ======== cat /proc/version ========== >> $_out_fn
> cat /proc/*version >> $_out_fn 2>&1
>
> type lsb_release > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> echo ======== lsb_release -a ========== >> $_out_fn
> lsb_release -a >> $_out_fn 2>&1
> fi
>
> echo " " >> $_out_fn
> echo msec security level is $SECURE_LEVEL >> $_out_fn
>
> echo ======== free ========== >> $_out_fn
> free >> $_out_fn 2>&1
>
> type chkconfig > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> echo ======== chkconfig --list ========== >> $_out_fn
> for _serv in avahi named tmdns ; do
> chkconfig --list | grep -i $_serv > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> echo "Double check if /$_serv/ needs to be disabled on boot" >> $_out_fn
> chkconfig --list | grep -i $_serv >> $_out_fn
> fi
> done
>
> chkconfig --list >> $_out_fn
>
> else
> echo ======== ls -o /etc/rc2.d ========== >> $_out_fn
> for _serv in avahi named tmdns ; do
> ls /etc/rc2.d/S* | grep $_serv > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> echo "Double check if /$_serv/ needs to be disabled on boot" >> $_out_fn
> fi
> done
>
> ls -o /etc/rc2.d >> $_out_fn
> fi
>
> _fn=/etc/nsswitch.conf
> if [ -e $_fn ] ; then
> echo ======== grep hosts: $_fn ========== >> $_out_fn
> grep hosts: $_fn >> $_out_fn
> fi
>
> cat_fn /etc/resolv.conf
>
> echo ======== hostname ========== >> $_out_fn
> hostname >> $_out_fn
>
> cat_fn /etc/hostname
> cat_fn /etc/HOSTNAME
>
> ls /etc/mod*.conf > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> echo "======== grep eth /etc/mod*.conf ==========" >> $_out_fn
> grep eth /etc/mod*.conf >> $_out_fn
> fi
>
> cat_fn /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks
> cat_fn /etc/dhclient-exit-hooks
>
> cat_fn /etc/host.conf
>
> echo ================ ifconfig -a =============== >> $_out_fn
> ifconfig -a >> $_out_fn
>
> cat_fn /etc/iftab
> cat_fn /etc/udev/rules.d/61-net_config.rules
>
> echo ============== route -n ================= >> $_out_fn
> route -n >> $_out_fn
>
> cat_fn /etc/sysconfig/network/routes
>
> cat_fn /etc/sysconfig/network
>
> echo ============== head -15 /etc/hosts =============== >> $_out_fn
> head -15 /etc/hosts >> $_out_fn
>
> cat_fn /etc/network/interfaces
> cat_fn /var/run/network/ifstate
>
> _cmd=""
> type ethtool > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> _cmd="ethtool"
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>
> type mii-tool > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> _cmd="mii-tool -v"
> fi
>
> if [ -z "$_cmd" ] ; then
> echo ======== mii-tool/ethtool NOT INSTALLED ========== >> $_out_fn
> fi
>
> for nic in 0 1 2 ; do
>
> if [ -n "$_cmd" ] ; then
> $_cmd eth$nic > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> echo ======== $_cmd eth$nic ========== >> $_out_fn
> $_cmd eth$nic >> $_out_fn
> fi
> fi
>
> cat_fn /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth$nic
>
> ifconfig eth$nic > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> set $(ifconfig eth$nic | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
> cat_fn /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-$5
> fi
>
> tail_fn /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-eth${nic}.leases
> tail_fn /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth${nic}.info
>
> done # end for nic in 0 1 2 ; do
>
> _dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
> if [ -d $_dir ] ; then
> ls_dir $_dir
>
> for _d in "if-up.d" "if-down.d" "if-pre-up.d" "if-post-down.d" ; do
> echo ==== cd /etc/network/${_d} ; ls -al === >> $_out_fn
> cd /etc/network/${_d}
> ls -al >> $_out_fn
> done
> fi
>
> if [ -d /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ] ; then
> for _d in "ifdown.d" "ifup.d" ; do
> _cmd="cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/${_d} ; ls -al "
> echo "===== $_cmd ====" >> $_out_fn
> cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/${_d}
> ls -al >> $_out_fn
> done
> fi
>
> ls_dir /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d
> ls_dir /etc/resolvconf/update.d
>
> if [ -d /etc/shorewall ] ; then
> _count=$(chkconfig --list shorewall | grep -c n )
> if [ $_count -gt 0 ] ; then
> echo "======= Shorewall settings =========" >> $_out_fn
> cd /etc/shorewall
> for _f in $(ls) ; do
> echo "======= $_f =========" >> $_out_fn
> grep -v '^#' $_f >> $_out_fn
> done
> fi
> fi
>
> cd $_home
>
> grep_fn /etc/hosts.allow
> grep_fn /etc/hosts.deny
> echo "======= end of config/network data dump ===========" >> $_out_fn
>
> awk '{print $0 "\r" }' $_out_fn > $_dos_fn
> chmod 666 $_dos_fn
>
> echo " "
> echo "If posting via linux, post contents of $_out_fn"
> echo "You might want to copy it to your account with the command"
> echo "cp $_out_fn ~your_login"
> echo " "
> echo "If posting via windows, post contents of $_dos_fn"
> echo " "
> echo "If using diskette,"
> echo "Copy $_dos_fn to diskette with the following commands:"
> echo " "
> echo "mkdir -p /floppy"
> echo "mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /floppy"
> echo "cp $_dos_fn /floppy"
> echo "umount /floppy "
> echo " "
> echo "and $_dos_fn is ready for windows from diskette"
> echo " "
>
> #*********** end of dump xx.txt script ...
>
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Thanks all for your replies.

Here is the /etc/network/interfaces file:

-------------
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.3.1
netmask 255.255.255.0

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp


auto dsl-provider
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
provider dsl-provider

pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth2 up # line maintained by pppoeconf

# added by pppoeconf
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet manual
----------------------

Remember that originally this computer was in charge of maintaining a
PPPoE connection to the internet and doing all the routing. Eventually
I want to get this working again, but for now I just want it to work
normally as a client computer.

Thanks,
Philippe

Philippe Signoret wrote:

> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.3.1
> netmask 255.255.255.0

Ah - here we go: Your IP address is not received by dhcp - it's static
and lacks a gateway definition. Add this to the entry and you are set:

gateway 192.168.3.254

If you want the machine to get the IP by dhcp replace the entire entry
by

iface eth0 inet dhcp

cu
Philipp

--
Dr. Philipp Pagel Tel. +49-8161-71 2131
Dept. of Genome Oriented Bioinformatics Fax. +49-8161-71 2186
Technical University of Munich
http://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel

On May 31, 4:32 pm, Philipp Pagel wrote:
> Philippe Signoret wrote:
> > iface eth0 inet static
> > address 192.168.3.1
> > netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> Ah - here we go: Your IP address is not received by dhcp - it's static
> and lacks a gateway definition. Add this to the entry and you are set:
>
> gateway 192.168.3.254
>
> If you want the machine to get the IP by dhcp replace the entire entry
> by
>
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> cu
> Philipp
>
> --
> Dr. Philipp Pagel Tel. +49-8161-71 2131
> Dept. of Genome Oriented Bioinformatics Fax. +49-8161-71 2186
> Technical University of Munichhttp://mips.gsf.de/staff/pagel

Excellent!

I will leave the IP static since Webdrive (program on the XPs which
reads/writes the shared folders) has that IP configured, I will just
add the gateway line.

Thank you very much for all your help.

I'll probably be posting soon when I set up the Linux comp to do the
routing / firewalling / DHCPing.