What you describe sounds like a dns related problem. And the "long time" you
talk about is probably the the 30 sec time-out peiod of the dns system.
Don't those set your IP to a certain nuber; or do they give you a name? Either or, i do not believe that I have this. How can I check to be sure?
check your routes and /etc/resolv.conf
My routes? What are these and how can I go about checking them? Resolv.conf gives
search no-domain-set.bellcanada nameserver 192.168.2.1
If you are running a local dns server check that it actually does what it is
supposed to.
Again, I don't believe I am, but how can I chck to make sure?
If you are running multiple network cards/segments check your default
gateway as well.
I have one Wireless card, one Ethernet and one modem. Now that you mentionh this, I did use the Ethernet card to set up the wireless. Could this be what is causing the problem? I used ppoeconf (If you would like me to go throught the individual steps that I took, please ask and I will oblige.).
In addition, these are the contents of /etc/network/interfaces.
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). #auto wlan0 #iface wlan0 inet dhcp # wireless_mode managed # wireless_essid Litwin # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback #iface dsl-provider inet ppp # provider dsl-provider # please do not modify the following line # pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconfand /etc/network options
ip_forward=no spoofprotect=yes syncookies=no
ifconfig when I am connected:
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:F5:7A:D4:2D
inet addr:192.168.2.17 Bcast: 192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:f5ff:fe7a:d42d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:476 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:515 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:200
RX bytes:226291 (220.9 KiB) TX bytes:99701 (97.3 KiB)
Interrupt:201 Memory:dcbe0000-dcbf0000
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B0:8B:DC:F0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fe8b:dcf0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:193 Base address:0xa000
eth1 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-02-3F-57-56-40-07-52-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:16 dropped:16 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:168 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:168 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:15182 (14.8 KiB) TX bytes:15182 (14.8 KiB)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown
UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:16 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Litwin"
Mode:Managed Frequency: 2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:0B:23:ED:1F:10
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:99ED-10CA-0BCE-68CB-9C92-97B8-76 Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=52/94 Signal level=-43 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
sit0 no wireless extensions.
If you want a look at some thing from iwlist, do ask.
Thank you.
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