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| central... |
 Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:54 am |
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This is one of those 'if I knew what to google, I'd know the answer'
posts, but...
Thinkpad T60 with 11.2 build 0308 (M8?) (1) and Huawei E160 from Orange
UK: I've upgraded the network manager to the latest version, hal
recognises the dongle etc, up to the point that network manager says I
have a connection, and even shows an ip address and dns ips. But no
connection to the net: no Firefox, Pan or even ping. I'm obviously
missing something *really* obvious, and experience tells me that its
quicker to ask a dumb question here than to struggle on when I dont know
what I'm looking for.
(1) Much much impressed - wifi worked out of the box, and I've even got
Visio running with Crossover Office (2)
(2) Sorry - need it for work  |
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| Günther Schwarz... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:22 am |
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central wrote:
Quote: Thinkpad T60 with 11.2 build 0308 (M8?) (1) and Huawei E160 from Orange
UK: I've upgraded the network manager to the latest version, hal
recognises the dongle etc, up to the point that network manager says I
have a connection, and even shows an ip address and dns ips. But no
connection to the net: no Firefox, Pan or even ping.
Try to insert a valid DNS server by hand to /etc/resolv.conf after pppd
has established the connection. 11.1 had a bug (429772) for that which
might persist with 11.2.
Stefan Seyfried has a blug entry on this:
<http://seife.kernalert.de/blog/2008/12/11/using-dialup-with-111-if-
networkmanager-does-not-handle-your-device/>
Günther |
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| central... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:36 am |
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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:22:03 +0000, Günther Schwarz wrote:
Quote: central wrote:
Thinkpad T60 with 11.2 build 0308 (M8?) (1) and Huawei E160 from Orange
UK: I've upgraded the network manager to the latest version, hal
recognises the dongle etc, up to the point that network manager says I
have a connection, and even shows an ip address and dns ips. But no
connection to the net: no Firefox, Pan or even ping.
Try to insert a valid DNS server by hand to /etc/resolv.conf after pppd
has established the connection. 11.1 had a bug (429772) for that which
might persist with 11.2.
Stefan Seyfried has a blug entry on this:
http://seife.kernalert.de/blog/2008/12/11/using-dialup-with-111-if-
networkmanager-does-not-handle-your-device/
Günther
<betrays lack of networking knowledge>
But I cant even ping the dns sever ip directly, so it cant be that, can
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| central... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:12 am |
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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:36:57 +0000, central wrote:
Quote: On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:22:03 +0000, Günther Schwarz wrote:
central wrote:
Thinkpad T60 with 11.2 build 0308 (M8?) (1) and Huawei E160 from
Orange UK: I've upgraded the network manager to the latest version,
hal recognises the dongle etc, up to the point that network manager
says I have a connection, and even shows an ip address and dns ips.
But no connection to the net: no Firefox, Pan or even ping.
Try to insert a valid DNS server by hand to /etc/resolv.conf after pppd
has established the connection. 11.1 had a bug (429772) for that which
might persist with 11.2.
Stefan Seyfried has a blug entry on this:
http://seife.kernalert.de/blog/2008/12/11/using-dialup-with-111-if-
networkmanager-does-not-handle-your-device/
Günther
betrays lack of networking knowledge
But I cant even ping the dns sever ip directly, so it cant be that, can
it?
I'll take that back - I've now cant get anything on 3G or wifi except my
local router - which suggests a DNS problem, right?
I'm off to do some more reading... |
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| Ulick Magee... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:53 pm |
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central wrote:
Quote: On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:36:57 +0000, central wrote:
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:22:03 +0000, Günther Schwarz wrote:
central wrote:
Thinkpad T60 with 11.2 build 0308 (M8?) (1) and Huawei E160 from
Orange UK: I've upgraded the network manager to the latest version,
hal recognises the dongle etc, up to the point that network manager
says I have a connection, and even shows an ip address and dns ips.
But no connection to the net: no Firefox, Pan or even ping.
Try to insert a valid DNS server by hand to /etc/resolv.conf after pppd
has established the connection. 11.1 had a bug (429772) for that which
might persist with 11.2.
Stefan Seyfried has a blug entry on this:
http://seife.kernalert.de/blog/2008/12/11/using-dialup-with-111-if-
networkmanager-does-not-handle-your-device/
Günther
betrays lack of networking knowledge
But I cant even ping the dns sever ip directly, so it cant be that, can
it?
I'll take that back - I've now cant get anything on 3G or wifi except my
local router - which suggests a DNS problem, right?
DNS is only for name resolution. If you can't ping an IP (that you know
responds to pings - try 66.102.9.99 which is Google) then DNS is not the
problem. Ping is good for telling you what the problem isn't :)
What do
/sbin/ifconfig -a
and
/usr/sbin/iwconfig
show?
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Ulick Magee
Free software and free formats for free information for free people.
Open Office for Windows/OSX/Linux: http://www.openoffice.org
openSUSE Linux: http://en.opensuse.org |
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| Kevin Nathan... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:27 pm |
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On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:53:30 +0000
Ulick Magee <ulickatmaildotcom at (no spam) feckoff.invalid> wrote:
Quote: What do
/sbin/ifconfig -a
and
/usr/sbin/iwconfig
show?
To that I would add:
/sbin/route -n
to be sure there is a gateway assigned...
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Kevin Nathan (Arizona, USA)
Linux Potpourri and a.o.l.s. FAQ -- (temporarily offline)
Open standards. Open source. Open minds.
The command line is the front line.
Linux 2.6.25.20-0.5-pae
1:26pm up 4 days 3:40, 37 users, load average: 0.43, 0.46, 0.72 |
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