Re: Asterisk - Linux

["Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "radcommuk" <ian@r...> wrote:
> Hi Patrick
> I had some of those configs but I didnt have outside_addr only
> externip and I had not set bindaddr. I now have it set how you have
> suggested. It is still not working BUT Linux has a ping command
I've
> found. I can ping my internal network but not any external address.
> Is this some sort of network gateway issue, how do I test it in
> Linux.
>
> I do not think this matters but I will mention it in case. The
> machine has two NIC's but I am only using the one main NIC which I
> beleive in Linux is called something like eth0.

Check your network config with:

ifconfig

(You'll probably need to be root for this command to appear in your
default path).

You should be able to ping your router/gateway, and if you can't
that's a pretty good indication that there is something fundamentally
adrift with your network config. Whether you can ping beyond your
router may depend on the router configuration - but in most cases, it
generally works by default. In addition to using ping, traceroute can
also be a help in diagnosing these kind of issues.

You also need to make sure the DNS resolvers are set up right - you
should be able to do:

nslookup www.microsoft.com

or similar and get the corresponding ip addresses returned.
Alternatively, try pinging by IP address rather than by name.

I'm sure redhat also ships with some nice guis for setting all this
stuff up, but as I've never used a rh distro, I can't really help
here, sorry.

Patrick