It's a good idea to try PING.EXE or TRACERTE.EXE first. Then, if successful, use NR/2 (or any other newsreader) and, last of all, try to get CHANGI.EXE and CHANX.EXE running.
Check etc\resolv or etc\resolv2. Are they pointing to a valid nameserver? It may also be possible that you don't have a route to your nameserver. Note that even nameservers are sometimes down. If you can't get a connection to your nameserver, you may create a local etc\hosts file and add
SET USE_HOSTS_FIRST=1to your config.sys.
Sample etc\hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.222.1 os2point os2point.ping.de 193.100.14.2 news.ping.de
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1on the command line. Also check the TCP/IP configuration notebook. For connections to remote hosts via modem, try
ifconfig sl0to check if the serial line interface is up.
netstat -ron the command line to see all entries of your current routing table. Use ROUTE.EXE to add or remove routing entries. TRACERTE.EXE could be helpful too.
URL: changi/manual/probtcp.html Created: 3 August 1996 Revised: 21 November 1996 Author: harald@os2point.ping.de |