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Old 03-09-2011, 05:26 AM   #1
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Unhappy CentOS VPS Setup Problems (connections)


Hey all...

I have recently purchased an Unmanaged VPS after reading a few guides at http://howtoforge.com/ and having a basic understanding of linux thinking I would be able to set it all up myself, unfortunately I have run into massive issues with connections

I started by getting errors: Temporary failure in name resolution with wget's
Google'd it and apparently I had problems with my /etc/resolv.conf file so I changed it to:

Code:
search webanyti.me
nameserver 204.12.197.150
with webanyti.me being my domain name and the nameserver ip the ip of the server

When I ping the domain webanyti.me it returns the ip 204.12.197.150 but when I try to run something serverside (ie. ping, dig etc.) I get unknown host or "timed out; no servers could be reached" errors.

If anyone could shed some light on the subject it would be much appreciated

I have tried to include as much information as possible for reference

Thanks in advance!
 
Old 03-09-2011, 07:23 AM   #2
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Can you add the name servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 in resolve.conf along with ur ip. These are google's name servers
 
Old 03-09-2011, 07:26 AM   #3
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Remove
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search webanyti.me
Kind regards
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:02 AM   #4
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search webanyti.me
Kind regards
Removed so file now reads:

Code:
nameserver 204.12.197.150
Tried a ping and got :

Code:
[root@webanyti /]# ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
Tried a dig and got:

Code:
; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> www.google.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
Really confused....
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:08 AM   #5
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Seems to me the dns server is down
Code:
root@cannabis opt]# nslookup
> server 204.12.197.150               
Default server: 204.12.197.150
Address: 204.12.197.150#53
> google.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
root@cannabis opt]# nslookup
> server 8.8.8.8
Default server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
> google.com
Server:		8.8.8.8
Address:	8.8.8.8#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.230.82
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.230.81
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.230.84
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.230.83
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.230.80
>
try to use 8.8.8.8

Kind regards

Last edited by repo; 03-09-2011 at 08:10 AM.
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:24 AM   #6
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Right so ping still sat at unknown host (multiple domains incl. google) for below settings

/etc/resolv.conf

Code:
nameserver 204.12.197.150
nameserver 8.8.8.8
or

Code:
nameserver 204.12.197.150
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.8.4
or

Code:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:26 AM   #7
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Any firewall?

Kind regards
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:33 AM   #8
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I am pretty sure CentOS has an inbuilt firewall but have not installed any myself (is a fresh install) and, to be honest, I don't really know how to check
Am looking up some documentation now

Thanks for the replies by the way
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:34 AM   #9
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Code:
root@whatever]# nslookup
> server 204.12.197.150               
Default server: 204.12.197.150
> google.com

> server 4.2.2.2               
Default server: 4.2.2.2
> google.com

ping 4.2.2.2

ping 204.12.197.150

telnet 4.2.2.2 53

su -
iptables -L
Try these bold commands and share the output.

Last edited by szboardstretcher; 03-09-2011 at 08:36 AM.
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:44 AM   #10
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Code:
[root@webanyti /]# nslookup
> server 204.12.197.150
Default server: 204.12.197.150
Address: 204.12.197.150#53
> google.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> server 4.2.2.2
Default server: 4.2.2.2
Address: 4.2.2.2#53
> [root@webanyti /]# ping 4.2.2.2
connect: Network is unreachable
[root@webanyti /]# ping 204.12.197.150
connect: Network is unreachable
[root@webanyti /]# telnet 4.2.2.2 53
Trying 4.2.2.2...
telnet: connect to address 4.2.2.2: Network is unreachable
[root@webanyti /]# su -
[root@webanyti ~]# iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:50 AM   #11
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Do you have a connection?

Kind regards
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:50 AM   #12
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Right.

how about scrubbed output from:

Code:
ifconfig

route
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:53 AM   #13
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I am connecting to it with SSH and I can ping the ip with return

Code:
[root@webanyti ~]# ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:274 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:274 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:23016 (22.4 KiB)  TX bytes:23016 (22.4 KiB)

[root@webanyti ~]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
 
Old 03-09-2011, 08:56 AM   #14
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To me, it looks like you do not have a network connection. There is no IP, no route, and no connectivity between it and anything else.
 
  


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