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wicd connects to eth1 but no actual internet
Posted: 9. Jan 2012, 09:26
by mimosa
While I'm in Rio I'm using my brother in law's computer, and (I hope) Salix 13.37 Live.
I needed to tell wicd to use eth1 not eth0, then it connects happily. But no actual internet traffic arrives - I cannot open any url.
I can just use Windows (as we speak ...
) but it would be nice to get it working. I can't post output easily (though I can put it in a file somewhere and then access from Windows if needed) or search for solutions online from within Salix.
A quick search just now revealed a mass of information I haven't yet managed to narrow down sufficiently to be useful.
To sum up, having to use Windows for a week won't kill me, but if anyone does have any suggestions I'd be grateful!
Re: wicd connects to eth1 but no actual internet
Posted: 9. Jan 2012, 10:29
by djemos
as root type in a terminal the commands to see the output
to check eth1
type
to see the IP routing table.
type
to check if dhcpcd is running
type
to check if there are dns servers
for example If your net is of type 192.168.1.254 or 192.168.0.1 etc in file /etc/resolv.conf have to exist the line nameserver 192.168.1.254 or nameserver 192.168.0.1
and route output have to be something like
Code: Select all
default 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 303 0 0 eth1
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
localnet * 255.255.255.0 U 303 0 0 eth1
Re: wicd connects to eth1 but no actual internet
Posted: 17. Jan 2012, 10:10
by mimosa
Thanks Djemos. I just gave up in the end, swallowed my pride, and used Windows! Poking around, it looked like there was pppoe underneath the connection somehow, with a password I didn't know.
Re: wicd connects to eth1 but no actual internet
Posted: 18. Jan 2012, 15:34
by sqlpython
A simple solution may be to check your /etc/network/interfaces file and edit it to reflect an eth1....
Then activate as root with a
Of course I am presupposing that your Hardware and it's module and recognizing the NIC controller at eth1.
Here is mine..
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
Re: wicd connects to eth1 but no actual internet
Posted: 18. Jan 2012, 15:42
by sqlpython
Ummmm.. One other Item..
I recently had problems getting the WICD to recognize a USB Wifi Netgear dongle..
Showed up in
ifconfig
&
iwconfig
&
iwlist
......Module loaded but WICD would not see it....
Solution.......
Quit/Stop/Kill the WICD process.. (Check the processes to be sure it is off )
Shutdown Computer...(Not Reboot)
Turn on the Computer and Login..
WICD will restart and seemingly recheck all interfaces in a more through sequence then when left in Panel...
..( I know I rebooted my machine 352 times with WICD missing the Interface each time.
Upon WICD re establishing all interfaces it finally noticed my additional Hardware..
Re: wicd connects to eth1 but no actual internet
Posted: 18. Jan 2012, 15:56
by mimosa
Thanks Sqlpython! Next time I'm staying at my brother in law's in Rio, I'll try that too.
Re: wicd connects to eth1 but no actual internet
Posted: 21. Mar 2013, 01:50
by comet
I'm new to Salix but know Slackware very well.
There appears to be a bug in the wicd default setting for ethernet, it is set to "eth1".
My ethernet card is eth0 and wicd did not find it.
To fix this I started wicd and "preferences" page.
Under "wired interface" I changed the "eth1" to "eth0" and saved it.
This fixed my problem.
The default for the wicd wired interface should be "eth0".