Problem with SB radio

[Ron Olsen]

Please post the contents of the ifcfg-eth0 file as I requested in my last post.

Also post the output from

ping -c3 50.17.234.107


and

cat /etc/resolv.conf


Thanks.

[mrstuck]

The ping gets the following:

*PING 50.17.234.107 (50.17.234.107) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 50.17.234.107 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1999ms

cat /etc/resolv.conf gets the following:*; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
nameserver 64.24.199.13
nameserver 208.67.220.220**and cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 gets
# Created by VortexBox web admin
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
DHCPCLASS=
HWADDR=40:61:86:F7:CE:70
MTU=1500
ONBOOT=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=5fb06bd0-0bb0-7ffb-45f1-d6edd65f3e03
DHCLIENTARGS=-I' 01:'
IPADDR=192.168.0.30
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.0.2
DNS1=64.24.199.13
DNS2=208.67.220.220
[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# **Thanks

[Ron Olsen]

mrstuck said:


The ping gets the following:PING 50.17.234.107 (50.17.234.107) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 50.17.234.107 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1999ms

The ping failed. Your VortexBox has no connectivity to the Internet.


cat /etc/resolv.conf gets the following:

; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script

nameserver 64.24.199.13

nameserver 208.67.220.220

and cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 gets

# Created by VortexBox web admin

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=none

DHCPCLASS=

HWADDR=40:61:86:F7:CE:70

MTU=1500

ONBOOT=yes

PEERDNS=yes

PEERROUTES=yes

TYPE=Ethernet

UUID=5fb06bd0-0bb0-7ffb-45f1-d6edd65f3e03

DHCLIENTARGS=-I' 01:'

IPADDR=192.168.0.30

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=192.168.0.2

DNS1=64.24.199.13

DNS2=208.67.220.220

[vortexbox.localdomain ~]# Thanks


This network configuration file does not look right.

What brand and model router are you using? Most routers have an IP address of 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. *GATEWAY=192.168.0.2 looks incorrect, and could explain why your VB cannot connect to the Internet. Also, what is the DHCP pool for your router? *The VB static IP address (192.168.0.30) must be outside the router DHCP pool.

Also, there are extraneous entries in your ifcfg-eth0 and some missing ones.

Try changing ifcfg-eth0 to the following:

DEVICE=eth0

HWADDR=40:61:86:F7:CE:70

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=none

NM_CONTROLLED=yes

IPADDR=192.168.0.30

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

DNS1=8.8.8.8

DNS2=8.8.4.4

DNS3=208.67.222.222

Then reboot the VB and see if your VB can contact the Internet via

ping -c3 mysqueezebox.com

[Falcon Eddie]

If he could not connect to the internet with his vortexbox he would not be able to access the GUI nor the squeezebox server contained therein among other services.

[mrstuck]

OK, I'll have to look into this, thanks for your help so far,

[Falcon Eddie]

Did you try "completely" logging off mysqueezebox.com or vice versa before trying to log in with the other?
Too many times there is a lack of information provided in these problems and all of a sudden the problem disappears and some are found wasting their time barking up the wrong tree.

[mrstuck]

It' a v old DLS-504 router (not exactly sure of manufacturer). The Vortexbox is connected directly via ethernet to the router with a green status light on the router (usually meaning connected). The router is also connected to an Apple Time Capsule which is in 'Bridge mode'. I don't have any problems with the computers accessing the internet with this setup or with the squeezebox when using my squeezebox.com mode.Router is at 192.168.0.1. Unfortunately I'm not great on networking so am not sure how to find out what the DHCPpool would be ?

[Ron Olsen]

Please try the ifcfg-eth0 file I posted, with GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

Your current ifcfg-eth0 with GATEWAY=192.168.0.2 is the reason your VB cannot connect to the Internet.

Here is the User Manual for the dlink DSL 504 router: http://192.168.0.1 in a browser to bring up the router web page.

See p. 11 of the User Manual for login info (user=admin, password=admin).

If necessary, you can modify the DHCP pool range so you have IP addresses outside the pool to use as static IP addresses. Go to the "DHCP Configuration" screen to see the current DHCP pool settings. See the User Manual for details.

[mrstuck]

Thanks both for your replies. I have tried completely logging off without much improvement.*

*

I will try editing the file you suggest. I'm not that familiar with the command interface - would you mind letting me know how I change the file ?

*

Thanks again

[Ron Olsen]

To change ifcfg-eth0:

1. Login to your VortexBox; see http://info.vortexbox.org/tiki.....page=Login

2. Edit the ifcfg-eth0 file

nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

3. Change the ifcfg-eth0 file to match what I posted earlier.
Make sure the ip address (IPADDR) you use is outside the DHCP pool of your router;
see my post about your DSL-504 router for details.

4. Write the file (control-o) and quit (control-x).

5. Reboot the VB.

6. See if the VB comes up on your network at the ip address you chose.
Check by accessing the VB GUI from a browser, and by accessing the VB Samba shares from Windows Explorer (PC) or Finder (Mac).

7. See if the VB has Internet connectivity and working DNS by logging in to the VB and entering

cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
ifconfig eth0
ping -c3 mysqueezebox.com

8. Report the results of these commands in your next post.