Mick Charles Beaver wrote:
Hello,
I have been having the strangest network issue as of late. I did not have any problems with openSUSE 11.0, but am having it with 11.1. Any troubleshooting tips would be greatly appreciated.
I seem to be getting intermittent problems resolving hosts. I will have trouble trying to update with zypper or browse the web with Firefox. It doesn't fail everytime, so I do not know where to begin to debug. My wireless connection works correctly when using the PS3 under the Game OS.
Here is an example of what I am seeing:
ps3-linux:~ # host powerpc.opensuse.org powerpc.opensuse.org has address 195.135.221.142 ps3-linux:~ # zypper update Download (curl) error for 'http://powerpc.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/content': Error code: Connection failed Error message: Couldn't resolve host 'powerpc.opensuse.org'
Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: ^Cps3-linux:~ # ps3-linux:~ # host powerpc.opensuse.org powerpc.opensuse.org has address 195.135.221.142
could you constantly run a ping to powerpc.opensuse.org and see if that times out from time to time while doing 'zypper up'.
I am using wlan0 configured via DHCP connecting to a common LinkSys WRT54G wireless router without encryption. Like I mentioned earlier, I used the same setup under 11.0 without a problem. Other computers on my wireless network do not have any trouble.
One thing that seemed out of place to me was that the network activity light on the PS3 seems to stay lit when I am not using the network, and blinks when I am. Shouldn't it be off when I'm not using any network functions? Is anybody else seeing that particular issue?
Here is more system information:
ps3-linux:~ # uname -a Linux ps3-linux 2.6.27.7-9-ppc64 #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux
ps3-linux:~ # ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:0D:B1:9C:D3 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:51
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1404 (1.3 Kb) TX bytes:1404 (1.3 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:0D:B1:9C:D3 inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21d:dff:feb1:9cd3/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:29658 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:19969 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:39358232 (37.5 Mb) TX bytes:2213012 (2.1 Mb)
ps3-linux:~ # iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"beaver" Nickname:"gelic_wl" Mode:Managed Access Point: 00:1D:7E:41:5C:81 Encryption key:off Link Signal level=90/100 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
ps3-linux:~ # tail -5 /etc/resolv.conf ### Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file! search eau.wi.charter.com nameserver 68.115.71.53 nameserver 24.196.64.53 nameserver 24.159.193.40
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