problem with internet connection through an XP box?
 

G'day
Just installed Debian 3.0, however I am having a problem getting the Internet conneciton working.
I can ping IP addreses on the internet however not domain names...
e.g. I can ping 64.179.4.149 but not www.linuxquestions.org
I know its probably something simple. I have modifed /etc/network/interfaces for my LAN so I am presuming that it is something in there...
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Nathan

Be clear while asking questions !

Your posts heading show that ur having problem in xp m/c and your posts message show that u have installed debian, so might have problem in that.

So, in which system u have problem either xp or debian ??

Check your DNS ip address !


Cheers !

-jack

What I meant is that I have a Windows XP Pro desktop connected to the Internet with an 128k dual channel ISDN connection which is shared to allow the computers on my network to connect to the internet through. My laptop which is on the network which I just installed Debian, after some configuration is able to ping IP addresses but not domain names on the internet through the shared connection on the computer running Windows XP...
On all the windows computers on the network I can ping www.linuxquestions.org or any other webaddress but I cannot do the same on my laptop..., I can only ping the IP address...

Ok, I am not using Debian so I can't tell the location of your DNS server file.

But, check your DNS server entry on the debian box!

In Mandrake 9.2, it is here

#cat /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver x.x.x.x


-jack

Just Populate you /etc/resolv.conf file with the ip addresses of the nameservers.

#more /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver a.b.c.d

replace a.b.c.d with the ip address of the DNS server. You can put all the ip's of the DNS servers.

Thanks! that worked. Sorry Im a newbi

OK... now another problem
After I have started the network using ifup, I then goto login and KDE hangs indefinately at initializing system services. I have googled my problem and it shows three results but no solutions.
Why would this be so?
Thanks for ya help
Nathan

Not sure , but try rebooting ur system

Don't do anything untill it starts properly !


Since it is a different problem then ur 1st post in this thread u can start new thread so that other will also help u.