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Because my brain isn't good for much else right now, I'll expound on what these are and why they are useful. > >ifconfig -a show the IP configuration of all interfaces. If your network connection isn't good, nothing else will work. There are more subtle issues that can happen here -- frex, an interface that believes it is directly connected to a particular network will always be the first choice of the routing table. Even if it's wrong. > >route -n Show the routing table. -n means show numeric IP addresses, not DNS names. > >cat /etc/resolv.conf Show the DNS resolution system. This could be overriden by /etc/hosts or NIS, but probably isn't. > >dig myplaysite.com Get DNS data for your target. If the data is bad... > >ping -c 10 myplaysite.com Basic connectivity to your target, 10 tries. > >traceroute myplaysite.com Extended connectivity to your target: how might my packets be getting there? > >wget myplaysite.com Attempts a TCP connection, checks for a running web server, asks for content. If this works, then any problems you have left are with your web browser. -dsr- -- Every time you give up a right, the terrorists win. http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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