Earthlink DSL failing to see Ubuntu

[Tony Arnold]

I think you may have a dns problem as indicated by a previous poster.
I'd go back to basics. From the command line try ping'ing an IP address.
I suggest the Ubuntu web site address of 82.211.81.130, i.e., type:

	ping 82.211.81.130

and see what you get. You should get a repeating line saying you are
getting 64 bytes from this address. Use Contol-C to stop it.

Then try the same, but using the name:

	ping www.ubuntu.com

You should get the same results, but if not, then you almost certainly
have a dns problem (disconnect your dial-up while doing this!). I would
then post the contents of /etc/resolv.conf to this list and we can take
it from there.

You may also want to look at the network admin tool in Gnome and see
what it says about your dns servers.

HTH,

Regards,
Tony.

On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 18:12 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:51:36 -0500
> "Dan Martin" <volume at dmartin.org> wrote:
> > 
> > I suspect your DNS isn't being set properly for eth0.  When you
> > connect your dialup, you now resolve DNS names that way.  Hence, you
> > can get to local ISP stuff such as email.
> > 
> > Try "sudo dhclient eth0".  If that "fixes" you, you need to set your
> > eth0 interface to use DHCP.  That can be done from the Networking
> > application in Gnome.  Tell us if it doesn't.
> > 
> Here's that result:
> 
> cybe at WizardsTower:~$ sudo dhclient eth0
> sudo: unable to lookup WizardsTower via gethostbyname()
> Password:************
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.2
> Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
> 
> ppp0: unknown hardware address type 512
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> ppp0: unknown hardware address type 512
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> Listening on LPF/eth0/00:a0:cc:22:34:62
> Sending on   LPF/eth0/00:a0:cc:22:34:62
> Sending on   Socket/fallback
> DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> DHCPNAK from 172.16.0.254
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
> DHCPOFFER from 172.16.0.254
> DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> DHCPACK from 172.16.0.254
> bound to 172.16.1.10 -- renewal in 417258 seconds.
> 
> I don't understand that, either, but I hope it doesn't depend on my
> hostname being what setting up DSL has turned it into (dhcppc0) since I
> have somehow gotten it back to WizardsTower.
> Running the command doesn't seem to have done anything; I still need the
> dial-up connection open to connect DSL-ly.
> 
> 
> Cybe R. Wizard
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