Can't download files in my Arch Linux

Mad_Tiger · 08-28-2008, 05:26 AM

i have recently installed internet on mt arch system (not here), and i can't 'ping' just fine, but for some reason i can't download files, any files, not with wget, and of course pacman doesn't work...

My motherboard is ASUS P5QL-E. i had to download external drivers from ASUS site, and i'm using dhcp to connect.

Thanks in advance!

pixellany · 08-28-2008, 06:49 AM

What do you mean by "installed internet"?---e.g. installing the driver for the ethernet card?

I assume you meant "I CAN ping". Can you ping a URL---eg ping www.google.com? If not, then you may not have your dns set up correctly. (/etc/resolv.conf)

Mad_Tiger · 08-28-2008, 07:09 AM

i can ping google. and my resolve.conf is like this:

Code:

nameserver 192.168.1.1
nameserver 0.0.0.0

it's says it was generated by 'dhcpcd'

syg00 · 08-28-2008, 07:10 AM

Yeah, more (clearer) info required.

(Hey pix, you a mod now ??? - congrats)

Mad_Tiger · 08-28-2008, 07:12 AM

BTW my /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd file look like this:

Code:

DHCPCD_ARGS="-t 30 -h $HOSTNAME"

update: more info served:

Code:

[arch@root]$ pacman -Sy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.isoc.org.il: Connetion timed out
error: failed to synchronize core: Connection timed out

and i tried a different lan card... didn't work.

syg00 · 08-28-2008, 07:18 AM

That looks like a router address - do you have your ISP DNS addresses set up in the router ???.

pixellany · 08-28-2008, 07:46 AM

I always see two kinds of fields in /etc/resolv.conf: "nameserver" and "search".

I too am on a router. On the admin page, I can see the dns servers it is using, but I cannot change them.

Try pinging various sites (by name). (Ping the url name for the pacman repository you are using.) If you can consistently ping by name, then you have a good connection.