DNS error,does not respond on ping.
 

hi,
I use RH Linux 9.0.
To connect to the net my ISP has given me an application called crclient.
i login to this application by ./crclient -u username & password.
He has also given me the IP,Subnet,Default gateway,DNS1,DNS2 addresses.
I have entered these data.
Now I am able to ping the IP,subnet successfully.
DNS doesn't respond.
The same adresses work in my Windows 2K m/c.
Am i missing out on any other configuration?
Is there is a checklist I need to go through?

thanks a ton,
Jared

post the O/P of

route -n

and the contents of the file

/etc/resolv.conf

regards

DNS does not respond
 

"hi,
I use RH Linux 9.0.
To connect to the net my ISP has given me an application called crclient.
i login to this application by ./crclient -u username & password.
He has also given me the IP,Subnet,Default gateway,DNS1,DNS2 addresses.
I have entered these data.
Now I am able to ping the IP,subnet successfully.
DNS doesn't respond.
The same adresses work in my Windows 2K m/c.
Am i missing out on any other configuration?
Is there is a checklist I need to go through?


thanks,
Jared
"

PS:thanks Masand on you reply but unfortunately being new to Linux,I could not understand it.
Anyone,please please throw some light on this??

Please only post your questions in one forum.

Please give us the contents of the "/etc/resolv.conf" file.

./etc/resolv.conf O/P
 

hi,
the contents of /etc/resolv.conf are

;generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
nameserver 192.168.1.1


this address is different from all my known adresses.

also please note that my connectivity is

my m/c (RH 9.0 linux)----->LAN----->cablemodem------->ISP

thanks,
Jared

in ur resolv.conf

enter this

nameserver <ip of ur DNS sever>

and see if it works

and post what u get when u run this as root

/sbin/route -n

regards

hi,
i edited the /etc/resolv.conf to show the nameserver as my DNS IP.
It still does not respond on ping.
Also /sbin/route -n shows as follows

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Interface
172.16.20.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 172.16.20.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

what do i do next?


thanks,
Jared

what do u get for

traceroute linuxquestiuons.org

and

ping linuxquestiuons.org

can u ping any ip of any domain??

regards

tracreroute and ping
 

hi,
taceroute and ping don't respond to other domains.i get these messages

traceroute:unknown host linuxquestions.org
ping: unknown host linuxquestions.org

these are working for my IP,gateway only..

thanks,
Jared

if u cannot ping any ip after ur gateway then it is not the problen of only DNS


but i think that software is not authenticating you

regards

authentication
 

hi,
I use the same application in windows to login and access the internet.it is working fine..

I am able to ping all the adresses in windows in which i don't have any problem..

there seems to be some problem with the configuration of these addresses in RH Linux which I don't have a clue on..

I have even checked by disabling the iptables.
Even that does not work..

Can you think of anything else to try out?

Also when I try the set preferences of the client by ./crclient -s
it asks me password remember yes or no..
and then the server ip in dotted format.
When i give that it says "segmentation fault". Is this anything related?
I have configured eth0 with the addresses I have already.



thanks,
Jared

that what i am saying that u have some problems with ur software

contact ur ISP for that
since we do not have that kind of setup so we cannot comment on that

regards

troubleshooting
 

hi,
Unfortunately my ISP's support crew are students who mainly cater to windows.However,he claims that this application works fine with others using Linux.
I have reinstalled the application but get the same results.I have looked into the crclient.conf file and the properties seem ok.However the giving the ipaddress gives segmentation fault.

1.I want to make sure I got all the configurations right in the right places(I am not confident about this one as I am very new.)Something like a checklist would be of great help.

2.I want to check out all the options to make sure that it is the fault of the ISP's application and not anything else that I did.For example I don't know whether to use the option of "automatically configure DNS" in Gnome or manual is better.

3.Is there a way to manually configure instead of installing the application?(just like the dialup connections in windows which u can configure instead of installing an application).




thanx a ton,
Jared

what i know about these softwares is that with these u can be autheticated on the network of ur ISP

try looking for the same application in the search option here at LQ

meanwhile i am looking for the same

folow this thread

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=170572