[ale] Installfest Success / Internet Connection

[Chris Farris]

Type "iptables -L -n" and see if you have a firewall "helpfully"
installed for you.

Chris

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Chris Farris
Sr. Consultant
PrimeHarbor Technologies 
http://www.primeharbor.com
chrisf at primeharbor.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ChangingLINKS.com [mailto:ChangingLINKS.com at bigfoot.com] 
> Sent: 11 March, 2010 4:00 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Installfest Success / Internet Connection
> 
> 
> Yes. The Installfest was a great success (especially for me). 
> I was able to:
> 
>  play midis, wav with sound card that lacked midi sequencer
>  get DVD player working  
> http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/index.shtml
>  peer to peer filesharing with gnutella
>  get cakewalk "like" sequencing for Linux
>  get numlock default ON
> 
> I would like to thank the half dozen people that helped with 
> my box, and the 
> people who took the time to organize and host the 
> Installfest. Some of the problems were "tough" but there was 
> no problem that went 
> unsolved. What's more is my computer came home in working 
> condition this time 
> - well except one thing.
> I installed RedHat 7.2 on Saturday morning (includes using 
> the "update 
> agent"). I had an Internet connection working well through a 
> LAN card (AT&T 
> broadband).
> 
> Took the box to the Installfest and connected it to the LAN. Used the 
> Internet connection well at the Installfest. Downloaded 
> programs, etc. When I 
> brought the box back home . . . . the Internet connection no 
> longer works.
> 
> I CAN ping my router/firewall. I can ping my own machine 
> using an alias, 
> hostname or IP. I can use the Internet connection through my 
> other installs 
> (extra Hard disks that slide in through a hard drive rack). 
> It is not a 
> hardware problem.
> 
> The problem is that I cannot ping yahoo.com, or ping other 
> machines on my 
> network anymore. I cannot browse the Internet. No browsers, 
> ftp, ssh, or 
> email programs work anymore. The bad thing is that I cannot 
> transfer the 27M 
> of files to my other machines (so that I can install the new 
> goodies using 
> the same files and techniques).
> 
> I played with the /etc/hosts and other configuration editors 
> (like the ones 
> in the GUI) until the LAN card would not come up during boot. 
> Then I fixed it 
> back to the point were I was when I got home. I tried a bunch 
> of man -k to 
> find out what is responsible for Internet connection, and 
> failed to figure 
> out the problem.
> 
> Microsoft taught me to keep my Installs short, and when 
> something like this 
> happens - simply re-install. However, my "test drive" took me 
> 3 hours to 
> install (update agent went slow because of the Internet 
> connection). I want 
> to get out of the habit of reinstalling for every little 
> problem. I want to 
> learn how to fix the problem more directly.
> 
> Does anyone know what I need to do to get Internet 
> connectivity (and local 
> connectivity beyond the hub) working? Is it possible for the 
> LAN at the 
> Installfest to reconfigure my Internet connection, just by 
> connecting to it? 
> If so, how?  Is there a package I can uninstall and install 
> again that is in 
> charge of the Internet connection only?
> --
> Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
> Drew
> http://www.ChangingLINKS.com
> 
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