There is a lot of information missing here. I assuming you are using fedora. Are you using webmin? What happens when you run (as root) route -n ? Is your gateway listed? Is it correct? Lets start there. Mark On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 stucklenp@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have a challenge: since running "yum update" and blindly accepting all the packages and then rebooting, I have not been able to get my Fedora box on the Web. Since that system is my firewall box it is really important that I get it running again. Note that I get the same symptoms with or without the firewall running. > > The NIC is configured to "Automatically obtain IP address settings with DHCP" and "Automatically obtain DNS information from provider" (I have tried manually setting DNS addresses as well.) > > When the network service is started, the NIC does get a valid IP from the ISP, as verified by the ISP. As well, I see the lease information in the messages log. > "...dhclient: bound to <myIP> -- renual in 13961 seconds... > ifup: done... > network: Bringing up interface etho: succeeded" > > > Other Symptoms: > ping <external IP> results in "Destination port Unreachable." > ping <leased IP> Works fine. > > Redhat Network Configuration show the NIC active and "ok" > resolve.conf contains the correct IPs for the ISP's DNS servers. > > To add insult to injury, when I plug my Windoze box into the cable modem and set its IP to use DHCP, I have no problem attaching to the Web. > > Any ideas as to how I can resolve this? > > Thanks > > > -- Sign over a gynecologist's office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix."
