[oclug] Fedora-10 Internet Access difficulties

[Dave]

Thank you Howard, and to you Raj for your more detailed suggestion.

Pinging 206.190.60.37  and entering that into Firefox's destination both 
worked.

Then I hit the wall because any edit of /etc/resolv.conf seems to get 
"restored" to whatever it was before (Generated by NetworkManager), 
perhaps when I restarted the network service.

Silly question: what is a "default gw", and where does it lurk?

Still puzzled, but more optimistic;
DaveR

Raj wrote:
> sounds like a dns issue to me - check:
>
> 1. ping a known host on the internet by IP, see if you can get to it.
> for instance, 206.190.60.37 (yahoo.com)
>
> 2. if that works, check /etc/resolv.conf and fix your nameserver(s) as
> required.  A safe bet is your default gw if you have a commercial
> router.
>
> cheers!
> --Raj.
>
>
> On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 14:14 -0500, Dave wrote:
>   
>> I blew away my Fedora-core6 in favour of a fresh install of Fedora-10.
>>
>> Some things have been as much fun as pursuing a raw egg (w/o shell) 
>> around the kitchen floor. One of the issues is my Internet access from 
>> that box.
>>
>> Although there is the wee icon that shows that I have eth0 connected, 
>> and I can  interact with other boxes on my LAN via the Thomson 
>> Speedtouch router, I cannot "see" the Internet from the F-10 box. (BTW 
>> SELINUX prevents my  ftp'ing into this box (text or GUI), but I can ftp 
>> to other boxes. SELINUX is next on my list of things to learn.)
>>
>> The "Connection Information" for eth0 shows lots of the usual (IP 
>> address, default route), but Firefox (and ping, traceroute) give me 
>> messages like "can't find the server at ...", "unknown host", "Temporary 
>> failure in name resolution".
>>
>> What is/are the most common newbie oversight(s) that might explain this? 
>> I _know_ I'm going to fool feelish when you tell me!
>>
>>  TIA;
>> DaveR
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