Can anyone help?

I've upgraded to SUSE 10.0 a while ago and I'm having problems accessing the internet, using linksys modem & router.
I can access the routers firmware using my web browser but I cannot get access onto the web.
I know the modem and router are working Ok as I'm writing this email using the family computer which runs that very well known commercial operating system .
Is there something I'm overlooking on setup for the network or could this be because I'm unable to get CDROM (NOT DVD) to read CD5 image disk , which I've now burned twice?
I'm using a Linksys ADSL2MUE Modem & WRT54G Router.

Thanks,
Carl

Possibly. No way to know as you haven't told us any of your network settings.

A router is OS agnostic. If it works under one it should work under any that speaks TCP/IP. Can you tell us a bit about your Linux setup, you know, the one that isn't working?

Help us to help you....or else phone Dianne Warwick's Psychic Friends Network for advice

What are the contents of /etc/resolv.conf? You might need to add a line like nameserver 192.168.1.1 (put the router's IP here).

Also, just because I like tinkering, have you tried putting third party firmware on your WRT54G? I flashed mine with Sveasoft Alchemy and can now upload firewalls created with fwbuilder, increase my transmitter power from 25mW to ~250mW, create a mesh network of WRT54G routers, and a bunch of other cool stuff that you normally can only do with ~$800 US routers. Just something to tinker with...

Hi Guy's

Thanks for the replys I will add my network setup shortly...
By the way do you mean the way the network card has been setup on the PC (i.e. static or DHCP setting etc)?

Thanks,
Carl

Well, if you can reach the web-interface of the router than I think we can assume the basic networking of the Linux box is up and running, can you confirm this again? But yes whether or not you use dhcp is relevant here. Is the Linux box getting a proper IP address in the range provided by the router? etc

What I think would really be helpful is a quick and dirty description of how your network is put together ie: is the Windows box that does work a dual-boot or separate altogether? Is the router doing some sort of MAC filtering? Have you copied the settings from the windows box to the Linux one (ie: nameservers as pljvaldez suggests, your default gateway? etc).

I was just being a smartass with the psychic crack, but really, the more info you can give us, the easier it is to diagnose your problem. If you are not sure how to get certain info please just ask...

Hi Guy's

First thing I'd like to say is YPIEEEE! I've cracked it...
I could goto sleep last night (I know how sad)

It's the bank holiday and I thought I'd have a go and found that by going into the SUSE Control Center and selecting Network Services I had a look at the DHCP global settings which were blank.

Reading through the help screen and following some of the obvious advice from you guys I went through the following.

DHCP Server Startup: When Booting
Global Settings: My Domain name
Primary Name Server IP: Router IP Address
Default Gateway Router: Gateway IP Address

System was restarted and hey presto!

I will now restart the system and play around for a while to see if this will work permanently

Cool. Glad you got it sorted...