I am new to linux. I have Fedora version 6. It detects the presence of a wireless network (My Modem) and establishes a connection. The DHCP server assigns the IP address and information about the DNS server is also recieved. I am able to access my modem by using the local IP address 192.168.1.1, but am not able to connect to the internet. Please Help!

Paste the output of the following and it would be easier for us to help.
ifconfig
cat /etc/resolv.conf
ping 4.2.2.2
ping yahoo.co.in

ifconfig :

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:4764 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4764 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:249016 (243.1 KiB) TX bytes:249016 (243.1 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:77:55:AC:7A
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:77ff:fe55:ac7a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:321 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:32997 (32.2 KiB) TX bytes:43269 (42.2 KiB)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1B-77-55-AC-7A-F4-FF-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)


cat /etc/resolv.conf :

# generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!

nameserver 192.168.1.1
nameserver 192.168.1.1




ping yahoo.co.in :

PING yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184): icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=353 ms
64 bytes from yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184): icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=349 ms
64 bytes from yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184): icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=348 ms
64 bytes from yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184): icmp_seq=4 ttl=45 time=348 ms
64 bytes from yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184): icmp_seq=5 ttl=45 time=349 ms
64 bytes from yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184): icmp_seq=6 ttl=45 time=348 ms
64 bytes from yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184): icmp_seq=7 ttl=45 time=347 ms
64 bytes from yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184): icmp_seq=8 ttl=45 time=347 ms
64 bytes from yahoo.co.in (68.180.206.184): icmp_seq=9 ttl=45 time=347 ms
^C
--- yahoo.co.in ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 8444ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 347.227/348.783/353.262/1.852 ms



ping 4.2.2.2 :

PING 4.2.2.2 (4.2.2.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=276 ms
64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=275 ms
64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=279 ms
64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=276 ms
64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=5 ttl=56 time=277 ms
64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=6 ttl=56 time=278 ms
64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=7 ttl=56 time=276 ms
^C
--- 4.2.2.2 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6740ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 275.976/277.183/279.711/1.414 ms


From these i can understand that my computer is indeed connecting to the internet. But i dont understand why i am not able to access the repositories or browse using the browser (mozilla). Whenever i attempt to visit a website, the browser attempts to connect for sometime and finally says "network time out".

Check your network settings in firefox, maybe you have a proxy setting enabled or something.
Try using a different browser if possible.

yeah i will do that...but y am i not able to access the fedora repositories?...i mean...even the software update application is not able to access the internet...