[mdlug] New Debian Install

[Tony Bemus]

Try rebooting the gateway, i remember you having that problem before when some devices can açcess the internet and others cant

Mat Enders <mat.enders at gmail.com> wrote:

>I am not using the dhcp server on the Netopia device from AT&T I have my own dhcp server running on the network. 
>Mat Enders from my BlackBerry®
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Stan Green" <Stan at MComputerSolutions.com>
>Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 22:57:57 
>To: 'Mat Enders'<mat.enders at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: <Stan at MComputerSolutions.com>
>Subject: RE: [mdlug] New Debian Install
>
>Mat,
>
>I never figured it out, as I move the machine to another location, but I
>think it has something to do with the DHCP server they have running in the
>AT&T hardware. I now have a Debain 6 running in a VM so maybe I'll play with
>it someday.
>
>Stan
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mat Enders [mailto:mat.enders at gmail.com] 
>Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:52 PM
>To: Stan at mcomputersolutions.com; MDLUG's Main discussion list
>Subject: Re: [mdlug] New Debian Install
>
>Stan I am on an AT&T DSL line i do not understand why that would matter as
>everything internal works except pinging the gateway and I can not get out
>out at all.
>
>On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Stan Green <Stan at mcomputersolutions.com>
>wrote:
>> Matt,
>>
>> I had the same issue, but only on an AT&T DSL. It looks like the new 
>> Debian (even Lenny is acting strange) does not work well with DCHP on 
>> AT&T networks. I switched to static IP and DNS names and the system 
>> was fine. I then move the system to another non-AT&T network, switched 
>> back to DHCP and all was fine.
>>
>> HTH
>> Stan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Mat Enders
>> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:30 PM
>> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
>> Subject: [mdlug] New Debian Install
>>
>> Here is a stumper.  I just completed a brand new installation of 
>> Debian, during installation it could not reach the repositories so 
>> only a base installation was completed.
>>
>> I am logged directly into the machine not via ssh.  Network appears to 
>> have configured correctly via dhcp.
>>
>> ifconfig says I have the correct network address route -n shows the 
>> correct gateway resolv.conf shows the correct DNS servers
>>
>> from another machine on the network I can ping the gateway and 
>> www.google.com from the new install attempting to ping the gateway 
>> destination host unreachable and for Google it says unknown host
>>
>> I can ssh into the machine via its IP address and I can ssh into other 
>> machines on the network via their IP address
>>
>> I am stumped any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Mathew E. Enders
>>
>> "Where once Samba and Apache sold Linux to the world they are now just 
>> part of the plumbing.  But that's OK, plumbers make good money."
>> --Jeremy Allison
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>
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>of the plumbing.  But that's OK, plumbers make good money."
>--Jeremy Allison
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