danbullen

netmask doesn't match route address. Can I work with that? Thanks again...

PS—I found a way to install a newer version of Ubuntu--Xubuntu is the lightweight version, and I have enough RAM to install it, so I installed it last night. Still no connection, although I can ping some servers and get a response. One forum discussion about this problem led met to think that it might be the application—switching from Firefox to Ephiphany seemed to be the answer, although that was on a Mac. Is there a surefire way to determine that this isn't a hardware problem? If ifconfig shows eth0 as activated, is that enough? I don't mind installing a different flavor of Linux (Slackware seems to work well on this particular machine) but I'd like to rule out the hardware before I keep downloading iso files, burning them to disks, and installing them on this very patient computer. (This is all just the first step: then I still need to install cabextract and wine and IE4Linux, all so I can run the one program that won't run on my Mac.) Anyway, thanks for all your help so far. I'll let you know if I stumble into any solutions. Cheers, DJB

Thanks for help—I really love that Linux is an operating system and a network of people. None of my calls to Microsoft—or even Apple-have ever been this helpful... So it seems like 5.10 is just not going to work with the card I've got—so here are my questions: I found a forum that mentions a workaround — "I got around the problem by using route, and now internet is working: sudo route add -net 128.193.136.0 netmask 255.255.248.0 dev eth0 sudo route add default gw 128.193.136.1" — but I tried this, and the output said that 'netmask doesn't match route address. (Is that the problem?) I took that netmask value from the output of ifconfig, above (previous post). I ran 'route add default' with the gateway address, but the output said that the route already existed. —I tried reverting to 5.04 (I don't have enough RAM for 6.06 or above) and the issue persists. Do I now: a) get the machine above 256M of RAM and install 6.06 or higher? try a different LAN card? (can you swap these out?) c) keep researching the networking bug before I do either of these? (i.e. what is the likelihood that this is just a breezy badger issue, and not an issue I'll experience no matter what version I'm using?) Again, thanks a ton for your help. DJB

Hi danleff - Thanks for your help. About my connection: the network settings are DHCP, and I don't have to log in to the connection—it's always on through the modem/router, and I've got two other machines getting internet off that router, so I know it's not a network issue. As far as my computer, eth0 is active and the connection is set to DHCP, but no matter what I do (restarting machine, restarting modem & router) there's still nothing doing if I try to load a website. Here's the output from sudo ifconfig: Eth0 link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:D0:59:15:74:30 inet addr: 192.168.1.2 Bcast: 192.168.1.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2d:59ff:fe15:7430/64 Scope: Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 MEtric: 1 RX packets: 33 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0 TX packets: 43 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0 collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 1000 Rx bytes: 3827 (3.7 kiB) TX bytes: 367 (3.5 KiB) 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: 8791 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0 TX packets: 8791 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0 collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 0 RX bytes: 673814 (658.0 Kib) TX bytes: 673814 (658.0 KiB) modprobe eepro100 did in fact return me to the prompt, but I still don't get anything loading. I did ping www.hotmail.com yesterday, and that went out and back, but other pings did not. Still, nothing but the 'about Ubuntu' startup page displays. Everything else times out. So. I was beyond my expertise when I started this little project, and even though I've learned a lot about the ins and outs of internet connections, this issue is still beyond anything I understand--any suggestions would still be greatly appreciated. Cheers, DJB

Thanks for your reply—I've got a connection through the modem/router (both of which I've reset a couple of times, with no luck, still) with two other machines, so I know the connection is good. Sudo lshw shows the ethernet port, and system monitor shows very small (50kb) receive activity if I try to open a website, but it's only a little spike before it returns to the flatline. How would I determine whether there was corruption in the install disk? Thanks for any help, DJB

Hi — I've just installed Ubuntu 5.10 on a Compaq Armada M700 laptop. The installation went smoothly, except that I can't connect to the internet—the connection times out before any connection is made. The ethernet connection is set to Active, and network settings are set to DHCP (I'm working off wireless router with a cable (no wireless card). I've checked with my ISP to see whether my settings are correct, she assures me they are—says it must be I need a patch. Is this a patch issue? What am I missing? (Need I add that I'm 100% new to Linux?) Thanks for any suggestions, DJB