Re: Internet isn't accessible after update

Monday, 15 August 2005

David Ganger wrote:
...
 Yeah i realize the configuration is odd but i am planning to put a
small 
 linux based firewall in soon, so for now i don't really want to change 
 it, since i will be changing it again in the near future. Yes i was also 
 mistaken it is a router not a switch. But like i said before i can ping 
 the router and the xp computer and even some sites but i can't 
 physically see them in a web browser. when i type in a site like 
 www.google.com it doesn't do anything in the browser and just displays 
 "done" in the bottom left hand corner, I have tried different web 
 browsers and my instant messenger program cant connect either. Maybe i 
 am just not understanding what you guys are saying. Also the internet 
 did work fine before i performed the first up2date. After that i have 
 been having these problems. It seems like some type of software or bug 
 issue to me but maybe i am wrong. Thanks for all the help.
 -Dave 
This is very strange. The fact that you can ping sites but not get to 
them via http is crazy.

Also your set-up really makes no sense to me.

I need you to be sure of some things before we can help you. You mention 
that the Linux box goes "through" the Windows XP box.

Is this really true?

For example - is Internet Connection Sharing enabled on XP?

When you look at your network connections, does one of them say "shared"?

Could you also please provide the output of:

1> ipconfig /all on Windows.
2> ifconfig -a on Linux.
3> route -n on Linux.
4> Your router's IP address.

Regards,
Ed.

P.S. It sounds to me like up2date didn't mess this up at all, from what 
you're been posting it looks like a very wrong set-up if I understand 
you correctly, in which case I am surprised it worked at all.