[NTLUG:Discuss] @Home connection problems. Can't even ping.

[Kipton moravec]

----- Original Message -----
From: <bobby at wrennest.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] @Home connection problems. Can't even ping.


> Do eth0 and eth1 come up during boot?

Yes both cards come up during boot.

> Run ifconfig to make sure both
> cards are configured properly. Can you ping the external card from the
> linux box it is installed in?

Both cards are configured properly. When we plug either side into the
internal network, they ping the internal sites fine.  When we plug the cable
modem into the one configured like the Win 98 box, nothing. No ping
returned. We have tried configuring both sides with the static IP address
that @Home gave us.  No luck. We even tried switching cat-5 patch cables...

When we plug in the 98 box, we can ping the world with it (the Win 98 box.).

It has to be something in the configuration. The HW works.  Does the cable
modem use the ethernet card's address in addition to the IP address? It is a
"RCA digital cable modem".

Kip
>
> Bobby
> Kipton Moravec wrote:
> >
> > I am having trouble getting my Linux Mandrake 6.1 box to see my @home
cable
> > modem.  I have a Win 98 box working on the modem fine.  I have moved all
the
> > important IP addresses, static address from @Home, gate ways, DNS Name
> > servers, etc to the Linux box.
> >
> > When I ping the gateway address with the Linux box the cable modem
lights
> > blink, but I get no response. The windows box pings it fine.
> >
> > The Linux box is planned to be a fire wall, and has two Ethernet cards.
> > Both successfully ping my internal net when they are plugged into the
> > internal network. When I try to ping the external network no response
from
> > any address or either card.
> >
> > There are no errors at boot, no messages in any error logs, all conf
files
> > were triple checked.
> >
> > We are stuck, and have no idea what to try.  The internal network works
> > fine. Both cards are seen.  It should not be this hard.
> >
> > What else should we look at?
> >
> > Kip
> >
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