On 6/30/2010 2:35 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On 06/29/2010 07:50 PM, John Clark wrote:
> I can't seem to get my browser/email to connect to Internet. In
> terminal I can ping
www.google.com to my hearts content but I can't
> connect to it with Firefox. I have no hair to pull out and I don't want
> to pull scalp. BTW, Ubuntu gets on just fine, out of the box, but I
> can't stand Debian Linux.
>
Assuming you have a router and that Ubuntu works fine through the router:
from a gnome terminal try:
netstat -nr.
Make sure the default route (0.0.0.0) is pointing at the correct
interface (eg eth0).
Check your name servers (cat /etc/resolv.conf).
Since you can ping, you should be ok, but sometimes these steps will
show you what the problem is.
Make sure your browser is not trying to connect through a proxy server.
Minor misconfigurations can cause some interesting problems (such as my
Thunderbird issues and I should have known better).
Again, use telnet (as said previously) to make sure your firewall is not
blocking outbound ports 80 or 25.
[gaf@rosetta ~]$ telnet
www.google.com 80
Trying 72.14.204.99...
Connected to
www.google.com (72.14.204.99).
Escape character is '^]'.
^]
telnet> quit
Connection closed.
I cannot telnet out,
'cat /etc/resolv.conf' yields
nameserver 192.168.1.254
#Generated by NetworkManager
domain home
search home
and 'netstat -nr' yields
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS
Window Irtt Iface
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0
0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.068.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0
0 0 eth0
also, the upgrades work too.