Topic: access to network but not internet

[Jon Bradley]

Well I followed the instructions given, neither 80 or 100 did any good, coudlnt connect through either ports. Something is very wrong with squid though. I don't know how to fix it, but something is definitley wrong...
Thanks for the help,
Jon Bradley

[Jon Bradley]

I wonder if I'm in need of some updates??? Perhaps something that updates squid,... Or maybe I can use the sme 5.12 CD to try to "fix" the squid issue, and then try disabling it. I don't know what to do honestly, but a friend said that I don't "need" squid for the simple fucntions I'm using sme for. Huh. I wish I could upgrade to a newer version but I can't seem to get past the hanging in the install process...
Jon Bradley

[Boris]

It doesn't seem that you have done a lot of customizations. If you have data in the ibays copy it to the workstation. That part works, right?
You don't have to upgrade, just reinstall it. You will be probably better off installing newer release 5.5 or 5.6 and then apply the latest update to corresponding version.
It may be just faster for you to reinstall, then trobleshoot that is wrong with current (older) version you have.

[Steven]

I think we need to start again from the beginning
Get a telephone - plug the cable from the back of the modem into the phone - do you get a dial tone? If yes then carry on, otherwise your line is faulty
From the prompt type ls -l >/ttyS0/1/2 - which one makes the lights flash?
In minicom Press CTRL+A then O - go down to serial port setup - does the serial device match which ttyS you ls -l'd to?
If not I would swap com ports - changing the port in the software i find doesn't always work - so swap it physically and list to the port stated in minicom until you find the right port
Once that is done go into minicom type atdt########
if it comes up with no dialtone then type atdtx3#######
This should now dial.

Let us know if it works

Steven

[Jon Bradley]

Hi Steve,
Thanks for helping out.
I'm pretty sure the line I'm using isn't faulty because I'm using it for one of my xp boxes so I can get to the net. Also, I'm pretty sure both NICs are functional and properly configured because I can ping and "talk to the net" through the network. I'm using a standard cable modem, switch, and router set up (the router being sme). I guess I'm wondering whats up with squid???
Why can't I access  the pid file? what's wrong with it? and how do i fix it.