First take a look at /var/log/messages that should tell you all the error messages on startup and shutdown. Matt Crocker wrote: > Hi > > I just moved out of a shared student house in which we had a Linux machine > (SuSe) acting as a server for internet access and printing. It was set up by a > computer science student and worked really well. > > When I moved into my new place I ended up with the server. I decided to > hook it up and use it as before so that I could share printers and the modem > between my girlfriend's PC and my Mac. > > However, now I find that when I initiate an internet connection (PPP, using > wvdial over a phone line) I get an IP number off my ISP but I can't ping any > machines outside the LAN, nor will the server forward requests from the local > machines to the outside world. > > Nothing has changed on the server - what could be wrong? I assume it's > something to do with routing, as when I shut the server down I get a > message saying that shutting down routing has failed (although the error > massage scrolls past too quickly to read - is there a log kept somewhere?). > As you can probably tell I'm very new to Linux and not very technical, so > please use short words (I use a Mac remember!). > > Many thanks > > matt crocker > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
