Re: Lost internet connection after upgrade

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:26:04 -0700
Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:

> >
> > Back again...with a different problem. Apt-get this afternoon updated the
> > dhcp client package on my Sid installation and now I have lost my internet
> > connection. The boot shows it is making the proper connection to my cable
> > modem, but neither Firefox nor my email client connects. Both give me errors.
> > Installed now is dhcp3 3.0.5-1
> > Everyting **seems** to be good on boot: this is the relevent extract from the
> > boot log:
>
> well you're getting ip. what is the output of
>
> ifconfig eth0

   sudo ifconfig eth0

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:F1:90:91:EF  
          inet addr:192.168.1.8  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:f1ff:fe90:91ef/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:5265 (5.1 KiB)  TX bytes:2947 (2.8 KiB)

 ping www.google.ca
connect: Network is unreachable

>
> what is the contents of /etc/resolv.conf
>

  nameserver 192.168.1.1 ( I run a router before the cable modem )

> >
>
> weee.... its worth it though, IMO

  There are days I wonder :)

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>
> > Anybody else having the problem???
>
> nope, but I updated yesterday, I think.
>

   Well if you reboot you may be in the same boat :)

-- 
Cheers

Frank


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