[NBLUG/talk] Help: Newbie and proxy server running SBS2000

[Mitch Patenaude]

Well.. if you can get a shell open: use the command.

ping <ip_address_of_proxy_server>

and type ^C (control-c) when you're done watching the messages.  (I 
hope I'm not being condescending, but I don't know what your experience 
with networks is.)

If that doesn't work.. Then output of these commands may be useful

/sbin/ifconfig -a
netstat -rn

in verifying that your basic network is set up properly (gateway, 
address, netmask, etc.)  Post the results here if you can't interpret 
the results.    If you need to set up the network, try using 
'linuxconf' or whichever tool RedHat has this release.

If the network is okay, then check DNS as the next likely culprit.  
Look in the file /etc/resolv.conf to see if your DNS is set up 
properly.  Try using nslookup or dig on the command line.

Let us know what you find.

    -- Mitch

On Wednesday, Jun 11, 2003, at 12:35 US/Pacific, Jennifer Tracy wrote:

> augie,
>
> If I had the first clue how to ping the proxy server in Linux I would 
> try that first.  I fully admit to being WAY more Windows savvy than 
> Linux.
>
> Apparently my netwrok card is at least active.  Don't ask what a 
> headache that was to make happen.  But I can't see the network, and I 
> don't know how to search for computers on the network like I can in 
> Windows.
>
> I have no idea if my netwrok card is even configured correctly.
>
> I am not generally a stupid person, but this is driving me nuts (as my 
> fiance says a short trip but nonetheless :-)