Im not able to connect Red Hat Linux 9 to internet..Im using Sify broadband
i am also using sify broadband...and u know what? it sucks big time.. so if you hav already been successful in connecting..then i wouldn't be surprised coz it takes long time for bbclient to connect.
I used this command and i have specified my static IP,Gateway,my prefd DNS and alternate DNS also....The state of my connection shows active :(
the whole procedure if you hav all the right addresses is this.. *) run sifyd command from whatever folder it is in *) run sifyconnect -l that should do it. in my case it take about 5 mins to eventually give a mesage "connection timeout reached" but if i repeat the sequence a 2nd time, it logins in a fraction of a second with asome lines saying
Login Success Welcome <username>,
Account Balance : xxx.xx Product Code : xxxx Expiry Date : xxxx-xx-xx xx:xx:xx Last Login : xxxx-xx-xx xx:xx:xx
Tue Aug 16 22:46:51 2005
and if you are not getting this message you are probably not connected.
but im not able to even ping the local gateway...also since im not able to ping the local gateway im not also able to use the sify BB client to connect to internet...
if you are getting 'no route to host' you are abviously not able to connect. either your addresses are incorrect or it is simply the 'suckofying' nature of sify that takes on my nerves too every 2nd day.
after you are connected, pinging should work. you getting the above 'login success' messages?
hope this solves it. double check the addresses anyway in /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (those are the paths i hav in RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Workstation, but must be similar...if not same...in rh9)
hope this helps navin.
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