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On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 18:36 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> I like gentoo; there's a steep learning curve but after you pass that |
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> it just clicks. As difficult as it ever became there was always an |
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> answer to be found, on a blog, irc, documentaiton... |
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> But I might have to give up on gentoo if I can't find a way to fix |
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> this latest difficulty. I live in the hinterland where there is no |
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> broadband. I have to make do with a dialup modem over ~10mi of copper |
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> wire. Now I find I can no longer dialup the internet using ppp command |
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> #pon <isp>. The modem lights come on and the log says the DNS have |
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> been all been assigned. status=0x0. But I can't ping out. 'Host |
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> unreachable'. |
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> As slow as my connection is, I've always been able to sync portage and |
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> use bash to write a link file which I can download at the free wifi in |
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> town. Now I can't even do that. |
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> I suspect this has something to do with the openrc which seems to be |
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> steadily "improving".. There are no error msgs other than the ping |
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> error above. I'm sure this is gentoo specific because it doesn't |
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> affect the Ubuntu side of my pc(yet ;().where I'm typing this. In |
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> ubuntu I have to rmmod my wifi and ethn drivers or the same thing |
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> happens: modem lights up, log says everything fine, but no internet. |
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> Once every other bit of net hardware comes down, the web is reachable. |
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> This USED to be the case for gentoo as well, but now, even that |
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> doesn't help. |
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> The landline gets no respect. Now gmail is making angry noises cause I |
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> won't give them my mobile number. But I don't have one. There isn't |
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> even coverage out here. |
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> Broadband and dialup used to get along but those days seem to be gone. |
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> Hope somebody can see a way out. |
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> MW |
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Hi Maxim, what changed when the modem stopped working? |
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Also can you supply the output of the "route -n" and ifconfig commands |
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to give us a chance of seeing if anything has gone adrift there. Also |
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if you are using (and have tested that its not the problem) any firewall |
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running. |
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When I was on dialup, routing (issues) was always a problem and if your |
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modem comes up and ppp is working (i.e., dns has been assigned) this is |
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a possibility. |
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BillK |
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