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- From: jimb@austin.ibm.com (Bjorksten)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.os.linux.networking
- Subject: Network Unreachable problem - what should I do
- Date: 16 Feb 1996 16:31:52 GMT
- Organization: IBM, Austin
- Sender: jimb@austin.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <4g2bho$1o9m@ausnews.austin.ibm.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: pecan.austin.ibm.com
-
- Help please. My modem shows packets transmitting every second when I ping and
- the modem shows something come back every once in a while (not every second).
- netstat is waiting for the remote machine to synch.
- Here is what netstat -n says:
- tcp 0 2 9.3.240.178:1028 9.3.240.1:79 SYN_SENT root
- Here is what netstat says:
- tcp 0 2 xyplex178.austin.:1028 xyplex1.austin.:finger SYN_SENT
- (I even tried making sl0 promiscuous and using tcpdump - but still nothing
- is received!!)
-
- All I can figure is that the remote machine can't understand my outgoing
- tcp synch request or my machine can't understand the incoming tcp synch.
-
- What might be the problem??
-
- What are the necessary pieces of software that need to be initialized for
- a TCP application to work correctly over a SLIP connection and how can I
- check each one is in fact initialized correctly?
-
- Where do sockets fit into picture and how can I check if one is working
- correctly for my connection (if I need one).
-
- Also which software elements of the connection are aware of the SLIP protocol
- and how can I check that their setup correctly?
-
- I assume that I have an IP connection when dip drops into the background.
-
- Any assistance would be very much appreciated.
-
- >I've successfully initiated a SLIP connection with a dynamically addressed
- >SLIP server. I've set $local to the address the server assigns to me (which
- >looks like this: 9.3.240.162) and $remote to the address of the machine I'm
- >calling (which is 9.3.240.1). I'm using dip, which is automatically droping
- >into the background - both machines are set using the CSLIP protocol (I've
- >tried using just SLIP too).
- >
- >ps shows dip is indeed running in the background:
- > -dip (9.3.240.162) <-local address is displayed here!
- >
- >Here's ifconfig output during the connection:
- >lo Link encap:Local Loopback
- > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
- > UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:2000 Metric:1
- > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
- > TX packets:608 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
- >
- >sl0 Link encap:VJ Serial Line IP
- > inet addr:9.3.240.162 P-t-P:9.3.240.1 Mask:255.255.255.0
- > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1000 Metric:1
- > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 compressed:0
- > TX packets:413 errors:0 dropped:0 compressed:0
- >
- >Here's route output during the connection:
- >Kernel routing table
- >Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window Use Iface
- >9.3.240.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 936 0 8 sl0
- >loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 1936 0 920 lo
- >default 9.3.240.1 * UG 936 0 2 sl0
- >
- >Eventhough ifconfig and route show the connection is up and running,
- >I can't ping any machine but myself (not even the
- >machine I'm SLIPed into - 9.3.240.1).
- >
- >Anyone know what might be wrong??
- >I've tried:
- >route add 9.3.240.162 gw 9.3.240.1, and
- >route add 9.3.240.1 gw 9.3.240.162, and
- >using setserial, slattach, netstat, and
- >even tried arp some (but don't have any hw addresses).
- >
- >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- --
- Jim Bjorksten
- Phone: (512) 838-7704 Tie-line: 678-7704
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