[nmglug] DSL and Mepis problems on laptop

[Valentin Guillen]

Lee Einer wrote:

> I recently got Qwest DSL basic service. I have been trying to get it 
> to work on my HP laptop since Friday, to no avail. I am running 
> SimplyMepis with the 2.6 kernel.
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> This just in- I just tried running my laptop with the 2.4 kernel, and 
> the wireless works just fine. What is up with this? Is this a 2.6 
> kernel bug? How can I fix?
>
Lee, try a couple of tests:

You want to see if this is an issue of DNS name resolution.  When booted 
up with the apparently faulty Mepis, open up a console, and issue a  
'dig' command, something similar to    dig  www.cnn.com  

This will get you the IP address for www.cnn.com     Then, input this 
numerical IP address into your webbrowser, and see whether you can then 
go directly to that website without problems.  Alternately,   issue  
an      nslookup  www.cnn.com  for similar results.   You can also use a 
web-based nslookup utility, like one at  
http://www.all-nettools/toolbox   Take that numerical IP address you get 
using the nslookup utility there, and enter the IP address directly into 
your email program or web browser. 

Almost certainly, you're having name resolution problems.  The default 
DSL modems which Qwest issues seem to have bad problems with IP version 6

Do these tests and let us know the results!

vg