Internet Connection over University LAN - Help

I have ECS 1.2R. 

I have a Thinkpad T22 with an Intel Pro 100.

I'm trying to connect to the Internet over the LAN at my school.

I have TCPIP installed, set up for DHCP.

DHCP starts without problem at boot. 

When I check DHCP monitor, it says I have a valid lease, but that DDNS 
isn't configured.

When I open Firefox or SeaMonkey, I can't connect to anything.

I'm not a tech, but I've fiddled around a little with tcpcfg, to no avail. 

There's nothing wrong with my ethernet cable or the port at the 
workstation I use in the library, it connects from the same computer at 
the same workstation using Linux or Windows.

I don't have an ECS-compatible WiFi PCMCIA card, so that's not an option 
right now.

I don't know what else to try. I also don't really know the guts of TCPIP 
or ECS networking.

Appreciate the help.

Jay

Hi Jay,

have you tried to ping a few IPs in your network to see if it is a 
connectivity issue or a DNS issue (I think DDNS has nothing to do with it 
and should not be utilized by a normal user) ?
Use Windows to get a few IPs related to websites inside and outside your 
University's network (I think 'ping -a ...' is the command equivalent to 
OS/2's 'host ...'), copy these IP and use OS/2's 'ping ...' command. If 
you can ping something, then you have a DNS issue, otherwise I cannot tell 
you.

AyPP

I did try pinging. I can ping IP addresses such as the gateway and DNS 
servers, but anything outside (like yahoo, google, cisco, etc.) aren't 
accessible.

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:06:54 UTC, peyret.aymeric@ec-lille.fr (Aymeric 
Peyret) wrote:

> Hi Jay,
> 
> have you tried to ping a few IPs in your network 

Hi

I have EXACTLY the same problem with my T42 running eCS connecting to 
my local municipal wireless network using lan0.  Sometimes it works, 
sometimes it doesn't.  

I NEVER have problems with my ancient OS/2 box using the same tcp/ip 
configuration.  It connects every time running Warp4 with all 
upgrades.

For the T42, eCS connection, I can ping, the dhcp monitor says 
everything is fine, and there is no way I can get the browser, email 
or news reader to see the connection.  eCS thinks everything is fine, 
but is isn't.

Then sometimes I just let the ThinkPad sit there for a few hours, 
don't change anything, come back, and suddenly the network 
applications are working.  Drives me NUTS!  

If I only use eCS exclusively once the connection has finally been 
established, I can shutdown and reboot and the network comes back up 
usable.   

My biggest problems occur when for some reason I have to boot Windows 
XP and use the local network or any other wifi connection from there. 
I travel and use the T42 internal wireless card for free wifi often 
from XP.  (Genmac brought eCS to it's knees, and I don't even try 
anymore) When I boot back to eCS, there are connectivity problems.    
 

I'd pay money to have someone figure this out!!!!!!

-- 

Hi Jayw

Jayw wrote:
> I did try pinging. I can ping IP addresses such as the gateway and DNS 
> servers, but anything outside (like yahoo, google, cisco, etc.) aren't 
> accessible.
> 



That sounds like you may not have configured a Default Route in the 
tcpip settings.

Run the tcpip settings notebook, Routing page and check that the entry 
for Route type is default with the ip address of the router in the 
Router column.

Regards