Dsl ?

phil1361 · 12-13-2004, 06:34 AM

I hooked up all DSL hardware
I did a full slackware 10 install on a machine.
logged in as root.
did the following
adsl-setup (followed promts)
adsl-start
first time it timed out
second time connected.
could not bring up web page.
checked status --eth0 was up
--ppp was up
tryed to ping www.yahoo.com
all packets lost.
called verizon, they did a line check
said they could see my machine.
line check good
still can't get out??????
anyone, heard of this?
I brought the box to my house so I can try
it on my dsl line with my information since
I know it works.

perfect_circle · 12-13-2004, 10:43 AM

try to ping an IP instead of a domain.

If that works maybe you 'll have to configure your DNS.

killerbob · 12-13-2004, 11:08 AM

You could also consider using something like FloppyFW... if it works, then you know that it's your Slack configuration.

And yeah, I think that DNS configuration is the most likely culprit, followed by your routing configuration. You said you'd used ifconfig and it said PPP was up, right? Did PPP have an ip address, or was it just up? Sometimes it'll say it's up without actually having an IP address.

And the ISP's "line test" is meaningless. Really. They do that to get you off the line. I have bee told repeatedly by the ISP that the line checked out ok, and that the line was fine, only to find out that there was a short on the line, and all my problems went away when they switched me to another base pair. The guy doing the switch said he was surprised I'd gotten any synch at all on the line I had been using....

Then again, those are the same jokers that had my connection capped at 984kbit, instead of the 3.2mbit I was paying for, because they were convinced that if they upped it to 3.2mbit my connection wouldn't be stable at all; they didn't seem to grok that the ADSL technology will automatically synch at the maximum stable speed it can, which for me is about 2mbit.

egag · 12-13-2004, 11:56 AM

how is your eth0 setup: dhcp or fixed ip -nr. ?
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called verizon, they did a line check
said they could see my machine.
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i think they see your modem.

egag

itsjustme · 12-13-2004, 10:51 PM

What's in your /etc/resolv.conf ?

Code:

root@bslack:/etc# cat resolv.conf
nameserver 151.164.1.8
nameserver 151.164.30.105
search sbcglobal.net

root@bslack:/etc# ping www.yahoo.com
PING www.yahoo.akadns.net (68.142.226.55) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from p24.www.re2.yahoo.com (68.142.226.55): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=42.1 ms
64 bytes from p24.www.re2.yahoo.com (68.142.226.55): icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=42.3 ms
64 bytes from p24.www.re2.yahoo.com (68.142.226.55): icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=41.9 ms
64 bytes from p24.www.re2.yahoo.com (68.142.226.55): icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=41.7 ms

--- www.yahoo.akadns.net ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3030ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 41.712/42.038/42.367/0.318 ms

root@bslack:/etc# mv resolv.conf resolv.con_

root@bslack:/etc# ping www.yahoo.com
ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com

root@bslack:/etc# mv resolv.con_ resolv.conf

root@bslack:/etc# ping www.yahoo.com
PING www.yahoo.akadns.net (68.142.226.33) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from p2.www.re2.yahoo.com (68.142.226.33): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=41.6 ms
64 bytes from p2.www.re2.yahoo.com (68.142.226.33): icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=42.3 ms
64 bytes from p2.www.re2.yahoo.com (68.142.226.33): icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=42.3 ms

--- www.yahoo.akadns.net ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2028ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 41.645/42.118/42.379/0.374 ms
root@bslack:/etc#

(note: extra line spaces added for clarity)

phil1361 · 12-19-2004, 09:56 AM

I brought the machine home. I have this machine (the one I'm using now) hooked up to verizon dsl, I'm going to try machine number two here from
my house and see what I get.

Machine one = my home computer Slackware 10.0 stock kernel

Machine two = problem machine Slackware 10.0 stock kernel

J.W. · 12-19-2004, 06:02 PM

Keep in mind that a bad line filter can also cause intermittent DSL connection problems, even if everything else is set up perfectly. You may want to try using another one -- J.W.

phil1361 · 12-20-2004, 01:04 PM

Found problem, Verizon had to reset username and password
evreything worked fine after that.
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