Internet connects but no access, on Mint LMDE

cyberbuff · 01-08-2012, 08:42 PM

Hello All!
Just installed Mint 11 (LMDE/XFCE). Been a long time Ubuntu user. I seem to connect to internet but I cannot access a single webpage. Ping and wget both fails. I am a BSNL Boradband user (India), using a router that requires a username and password to connect to internet. I used to configure my Ubuntu systems with "sudo pppoeconf". This time with Mint, I did the same (I guess everything is the same since it's based off Debian). While in Ubuntu, I used to say "yes" to automatically update /etc/resolv.conf but recently I read in Arch wiki that while using a router, resolv.conf should point to router's IP. So now my resolv.conf looks like:

Code:

# Generated by NetworkManager
domain local.lan
search local.lan
nameserver 192.168.1.1

ifconfig -a shows me:

Code:

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:e3:74:27:03:3c  
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::2e3:74ff:fe27:33c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:988 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1284 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:92982 (90.8 KiB)  TX bytes:134096 (130.9 KiB)
          Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc800 

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:605 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:605 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:904503 (883.3 KiB)  TX bytes:904503 (883.3 KiB)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:117.194.64.231  P-t-P:117.194.64.1  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1460  Metric:1
          RX packets:278 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 
          RX bytes:20615 (20.1 KiB)  TX bytes:30 (30.0 B)

and telnet 192.168.1.1 is:

Code:

Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
<snip>

                            Welcome to ISOS10.0-SR4

Login: Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
<snip>

                            Welcome to ISOS10.0-SR4

Login:

I also tried

Code:

sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1

But no luck: I can't access internet after this:

Code:

sudo pon dsl-provider

Is there anything I am missing? Any help is much appreciated!
Regards

fukawi1 · 01-09-2012, 01:03 AM

Were you pinging by DNS name? or by IP? This would be my first check, to ping a public IP address, and see whether it is a DNS problem, or a connectivity problem.