Can't get to the internet through cable modem/router
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Can't get to the internet through cable modem/router
Hello
I am new to Linux and having trouble getting on the internet through a Linksys WRT54G router. I have a Dell Laptop on a docking station, running to the router via Cat 5 cable. I am running Suse 8.2 and KDE 3.1
I can ping the router and my wife's computer and get a "sent/recieved" message back. I can open the router IP page and see that I am "logged on" to the thing, but if I type an internet address I get a message that the page cannot be found. Same for email. I just don't seem to be getting out.
I have been to the LISa page and although I find the instructions a bit cryptic for my level of computer skill, I think I have installed everything correctly. If I type "/etc/init.d/lisa restart" I can see the daemon close and then reopen. If I type "whereis lisa"see it in about 3-4 different directories. If I go to the run level editor it shows Lisa running. I have been through the "setup Lisa" area in the Control Center several times folling the way suggested and also trying to set it manually.
What to try next? I have spent quite a bit of time on this and can't seem to get it without some help. So any and all help is appreciated.
Myron Lind
PS: some sort of encryption (for email?) was installed along with all the other Suse stuff. I get a message about it each time I start the computer, but haven't spent time to set that up. Could this be hanging me up on the whole internet?
check your gateway and dns configurations. i didnt use suse b4.
i dont know where the config files are placed in Suse linux.
u may type
route -n
to see routing table. check it if your default gateway s your router.
dns config file is "/etc/resolve.conf" in redhat and most of distors.
i hope it s same for suse. if this file exist, there must be line like "nameserver=1.2.3.4"
change the ip to your ISP's DNS server.
I'm having hte exact same problem as the user above. I can ping out via my router but cannot get a DNS resolve. I set my DNS IPs to the ones that my windows computers are using and it didn't do the trick, something I left out? Thanks in advance.
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