airport problem (maybe not?)

[Jeff Burton]

IP routing table.

Destination     Gateway   Genmask       -----      Iface
10.0.2.0                  *           255.255.255.0            eth1
127.0.0.0                 *          255.0.0.0                      lo
default               10.0.2.1    0.0.0.0                         eth1

ftp sites were accessed by names.. ie www.ams.ubc.ca.. 
ftp.yellowdoglinux.com.. my password was accepted at the former, and i 
was granted anonymous access at ydl.
my resolv.conf file has a' domain', 2 'nameserver' listings and a 
'search' line.
(ie 'domain vc.shawcable.net' )
They must be automatic or something... I  have never entered those 
values...
Websites i usually try.. google.. yahoo, etc.

I just set up an ftp on the G4, i get the 'welcome to darwin'
user jeff logged in
Logged into ....etc

then...
ncftp /Users/jeff >   'ls'
at this point it waits for something, then
ncftp>      so i type 'ls'
Remote host was not responding, closing down the session.

I also just discovered that I can change directories as well..
ie on the ydl ftp.. i can cd to
/pub/yellowdog/releases/yellowdog-3.0/en/os
if I the try to 'get README' same thing happens as when i try to ls....

When I had a similar problem with a hardline, static IP, I thought i 
fixed it by starting eth0 before I started up KDX.
That does nothing for me here... I thought maybe it was a permissions 
thing, but the same thing happens when logged into root as my regular 
user....
i have no idea what is going on!


btw, thanks for your help... I am fairly new at this.


On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 07:19 PM, Greg Hamilton wrote:
>
> ftp problems are the norm over forwarded connections because of the 
> way non-passive ftp works.
>
> It's interesting that you can connect to the ftp server though. Are 
> you specifying the ftp server by IP address or host name? Ditto the 
> web sites you can't browse. Perhaps the connection is working but your 
> iBook doesn't know where to look for DNS. I have a 'nameserver' in 
> /etc/resolv.conf which specifies the address of my local DNS server.
>
> If you are able to resolve the IP address of host names but can't 
> connect then perhaps DNS is configured but you don't have a default 
> gateway in your routing table.
>
> Try running '/sbin/route'. There should probably be an entry with 
> destination=default, gateway='your gateway host', and > interface='eth1'.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Greg
>
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