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Networking problems :@ again and again

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:05 am
by GeniuX
well.. as teh title says...
probs :shock:
It's kind of weird.. this is the situation:
I did an full native install.. and now I get to the step "emerge sync"
well.. it hangs @ 'checking timestamp'
now the weird thing... I can access the local network fine... no probs...
a "ping google.com" doesn't give errors
but when I "wget http://www.google.com/intl/us_us/images/logo.gif" It doesn't do that :?
So I can access local for 100% and internet... ping only :cry:
Any help is welcome

Same Prob

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:33 pm
by jcplinuxsuse101
Ok first off i am a newbie too Gentoo , but not linux so dont worry ill understand , my problem is when i open firefox or konquerer it says website found waiting for reply but nothing , however i can do everything else including ping whatever website. I can use tightvnc to control the computer , so im stumped DNS is obviously the problem but i cant firgure out why its a problem , oh and also my harddrive is shared on the netowrk and i do have internet on my other computer OBVIOUSLY , any help would be appreciated , i really dont want too use x-dsl its so bad

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:19 am
by orochi
check your /etc/resolv.conf and make sure your dns servers are listed, else switch over to using DHCP

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:05 pm
by GeniuX
I tried using DHCP... no internet (download, ping works perfect)
/etc/resolv.conf... dns servers listed manualy... same crap (download, ping works perfect)

still same thing

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:30 pm
by jcplinuxsuse101
Yea i am not new to linux i checked the obvious , im looking everywhere for a firewall nothing , i have xbox media center and i kind of like just increasing the funtionality of the xbox not using to surf the web but i would like to set up an ftp server or find some use for it but unless you install more which i wont do because i dont have that technical of solering skills very basics if someone can solve this problem though i may stick with gentoox but as it stands x-dsl works better , i just dont like dsl too damn small , i use it when i have a corrupted hard drive and i need to surf the web but suse 10.1 live cd is better anyways.

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 1:56 pm
by ShALLaX
Try recompiling your kernel with ipv6 disabled. If that doesnt work, try disabling iptables in the kernel.

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:42 pm
by GeniuX
And how do I do that??? 8)
I've never messed with a kernel before :D

AHH

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:39 pm
by jcplinuxsuse101
yea well if i can do it while remotely connected i can do that but not on my tv the picture is so bad you cant read it , i will probably get a vga adapter so i can just use it on a monitor , are iptables on in the kernel if so why would they be that makes no sence to turn on a firewall that only blocks internet , wasnt looking forward to building a new kernel either , and in all of this i have gone away from xbox-linux its useless too havwe a gui on the xbox you should just use a command line and make it a server or something remotely logging in is also pointless until they build a true xbox version with big letters and better picture , im done with it i have avalaunch and XBMC installed thats good enough i already have a pc so ill wait a while

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:09 am
by jaysan
Hi,

Just wanted to let you know that you arent alone in this issue, Im having the exact same problems with my networking/dns for my native installation.

I cannot web browse or wget a specific website (e.g. google.com), however, when I ping the address first, then I can browse the website. This effect is only temporary though..and reverts back to the original problem. If i get some time I will recompile my kernel with the instructions above with hopefully some results.

My setup at home is pretty simple, my xbox is connected via a cat5 cable to my wireless router/adsl modem combo. Ive installed other distros previous to gentoox e.g. xebian and havent had this kind of problem.

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:50 pm
by GeniuX
I now installed Pro2.0 Full native and connected on another lan-port Problem solved! 8)