Can "sort of" access the internet using Firefox & Suse 10.0

ejr · 12-25-2005, 05:45 PM

So I've finally got my wireless working which has been somewhat of a challenge. When I launch Firefox, it automatically loads Novell's website as a homepage. I can surf around Novell's site no problem. I can also go to linux.org if I play with the security settings. However, I can't connect to any other sites (hotmail, google, etc.) Here are some details:

Suse 10.0
Firefox web browser
IP Forwarding is turned on.
Connection times out when trying to access sites other than Novells
To get Novell's site to fully load, I had to change the security preferences in Firefox (ssl 2.0, ssl 3.0, tsl 1.0)
I have added the primary and secondary IP addresses to resolv.conf file

I'm stumped. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
EJR

bathory · 12-27-2005, 07:24 AM

In /etc/resolv.conf you should put the IP address(es) of the dns of your ISP. I guess that since you can go to novell's site, that entry is in your /etc/hosts file and you don't have a valid dns to lookup other sites.

ejr · 12-27-2005, 12:27 PM

Thanks, I'll give that a try tonight and let you know.

ejr · 12-27-2005, 10:02 PM

Got it working....thanks!