Hi all
I am new to this forum (not my first time using linux though)
I searched around the forum , there are folks with similar issues but not exactly the same

I use Fedora C4 and winxp dual boot

My ISP provides a pppoe connection

The xp client works fine

On the fedora c4 I setup rppppoe

$pppoe-setup
//some few steps in whch I correctly give the info abt dns etc

$pppoe-start
... connected .

Then I try using firefox to get to google.com
It says "could not be found"

so I ping the DNS


$ping DNS
proper reply

Now i ping google.com

$ping "google"
//unreachabel

Can anyone please tell me where and what I am doing wrong
(I have seen that the eth0 is properly configed, and also abt dns etc)


The ISP support people have almost given up
I badly need internet access on fedora , please help some1

I looks like you've answered your own question. As you can ping by IP but not by FQDN then you have a DNS resolution problem.

Search these forums for posts about configuring DNS settings (there are plenty).

(all though technically you should be pinging www.google.com)

okmyx --> yes infact I did ping the url for google
I only wrote "google" because the forum did not allow me to post an external url,

furthermore I would like to add this to my earlier post

The setup process asks for a primary and secondar DNS

after $pppoe-start

I am able to ping the primary DNS but not the secondary one
and also not able to ping sites like "google"
(apologies for the confusion)

Also --> I have verified that DNS settings are fine,

Eagerly waiting for response (sick of windoze)

Apologies,

Post the contents of your '/etc/resolv.conf' file.

Apologies for delayed response

Please see the contents of the file below

nameserver 202.63.175.194
nameserver 202.63.164.18


thanx

Folks
Any suggestions / help would be gratefully recd
I really am sick of windoze, also just curious whether using "DARWIN"
would be like using any of the Linux distros

However my main concern is with the PPPOE issue
Please Help

ok, do the following things.

1. Get connected to internet #pppoe-start.
2. #ifconfig

3. #route add default gw <that highlighted IP i.e 203.101.x.y>
( the command may be different for Fedora.....this one works on slackware )

Now open some site........it should work.

if it doesn't.....then post the entries of
# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
and # ifconfig

regards

Thanx Ruudra
I havent tried out your suggestions (since not at my workstation right now)
But as soon as I have tried it I will post the results
Thanx again

A query about the procedure u have suggested rudra


On fedora is your process the same as adding

GATEWAY = A.B.C.D (after pppoe-start)

to
/etc/sysconfig/network

Thanx again

i'm slackware user......so not pretty sure about how its done on Fedora. Just search for it in this forum....if you don't find then fire the corresponding query.

regards

rudra


the tip didnt work
(i still wasnt able to ping anything)

Please see the data u asked for below , thanx:


contents of

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=00:50:BF:51:C8:07
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
DHCP_HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
IPADDR=10.40.208.51
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=10.40.208.1
IPV6INIT=no



[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BF:51:C8:07
inet addr:10.40.208.51 Bcast:10.40.208.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:bfff:fe51:c807/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:149466 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:535 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:10476544 (9.9 MiB) TX bytes:36693 (35.8 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2654 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2654 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2219650 (2.1 MiB) TX bytes:2219650 (2.1 MiB)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:221.128.162.91 P-t-P:202.63.175.194 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:1538 (1.5 KiB) TX bytes:282 (282.0 b)

Find the configuration options for your PPPoE connection. If it's not in some GUI then it's probably in the /etc/ppp/options file.

Change or add the DNS to automatic option: If editing the options file just uncomment or add the line:

202.63.175.194 should be the gateway and not the 10.40.208.1.
so check out the relevent files and edit it there.
Restart the network service and try pinging then.

regards

Folks
Thanx for the prompt replies

Rudra --> I came across this topic before your reply

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=389709

The dude there had similar problems, so I removed
the line
GATEWAY=10.40.208.1

and tried connecting
still the same issue persists

although now after connecting (#pppoe-start)
I get the other gateway as default (which is ok, I think)

Again I am able to ping the primary dns , but not the secondary dns and therefore not able to ping the "outer world"



DARIN --> I will try out your suggestions and post the results
(Not at my work station again)

Thanx again Guys

buddy i asked you to replace the line instead of removing that.
If you don't have proper gateway then how your machine is suppose to get connceted to the outer world ???

It should be what i specified in my last post.

your misconception here. Two DNS have been provided for reliablity. If one fails then second one will be there to support the network.
If you are not being able to ping the Second one that means there is some problem with that DNS.......so better ask your ISP about that.
If any one of them is working...you should be able to ping the outer world.

buddy......you are getting connected to internet....problem is with gateway only.

regards