Re: Laptop Connects to WAP, But Cannot Access 'Net

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On 03/31/2012 03:05 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, Claudio Fontana wrote:
> 
>> traceroute and route are not the same thing.
>> Just run /sbin/route -n and provide us with the output (the routing
>> table).
> 
>   As I wrote in my original post, route initially showed the gateway for
> eth0, and a few seconds latter added the two routes for wlan0.


No it won't do that. Because you have nothing plugged into your RJ-45
connector, and because /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf says:

# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""


Therefore, there will be no *inet* or *inet6* lines for eth0, when you:

<code>
# ip address show
</code>

,,,and hence no route, for eth0 when you:

<code>
# route -n
</code>

# The *U* and *G* Flags will NOT be listed as being bound to *eth0*
under *Use Iface* column.

Unless, of course, your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf entries above say
something else. i.e., you have set a static IP for eth0 ;)

If that is the case, therein lies your issue.

Do yourself and everyone else here a favor. Instead of haphazardly
attempting to request assistance with partial snippets, go back to
wherever it is that you are experiencing this problem, do the following,
and post it to a pastebin so other's can point out where you went
astray. There's a pastebin at http://pastebin.northtech.us/ but you can
use any pastebin (redact any sensitive data with bogus data if you post
the info in a pastebin instead of here).

<code>
# cat /etc/rc.d/inet1.conf > wtf.txt
# ifconfig -a >> wtf.txt
# route -n >> wtf.txt
# ip address show >> wtf.txt
# ip route show >> wtf.txt
</code>

Open wtf.txt and paste all of the contents of that file into a pastebin.

This minor configuration issue is taking entirely too long to
troubleshoot, due to incomplete information, and is causing you way too
much stress.

Please don't continue to provide a description of the problem. Just post
the output of that file and it will be obvious what the problem is so we
can get you talking :)

I hope that helps.

Kindest regards,


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