[conspire] running ifconfig - getting errors and collisions

[Darlene Wallach]

A. P. Godshall wrote:
> On 5/30/06, Ryan Russell <ryan at thievco.com> wrote:
> 
>> Darlene Wallach wrote:
>> > I recently got dsl. Connectivity seems to have been working
>> > very well until today.
>> >
>> > I seem to keep losing connectivity and/or having connectivity
>> > problems. Sometimes
>> > $ ping -c4 www.google.com
>> > ping: unknown host www.google.com
>>
> ...
> 
>>
>> > $ ping -c4 www.google.com
>> > PING www.l.google.com (66.102.7.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
>> > 64 bytes from 66.102.7.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=10.9 ms
>> > 64 bytes from 66.102.7.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=10.7 ms
>> > 64 bytes from 66.102.7.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=246 time=10.4 ms
>> > 64 bytes from 66.102.7.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=246 time=10.6 ms
>> >
>> > --- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
>> > 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms
>> > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 10.446/10.689/10.929/0.186 ms, pipe 2
>>
>> Once the name is resolved, connectivity looks good.  At least, for these
>> 8 packets in that 3 second window.
> 
> ...
> 
> I had some serious DNS problems with SBC (none with speakeasy) and had
> a better time after I ran dns through pndsd (apt-get install pdnsd).
> 
> Are you sure it's a connectivity issue rather than a DNS issue?
> 
> 

Good point! I'm not sure it's a connectivity issue. I assumed
it was a connectivity issue.

The line carrier is SBC. At least that is what DSL Extreme reported
when I tested availability.

What steps do I take to determine if it is connectivity vs DNS
vs something else?

Thank you,

Darlene