I'm using FC4 on a Dell Inspiron 2200 and connecting through the wired ethernet port. I connect all the time through this port at work and also connect wirelessly without problem. When I try to connect using the wired ethernet port using eth0 at a hotel using the gui interface, it connects sort of but I cannot view web pages or do much. I can see that I'm assigned an ip (I'm using dhcp) and I can guess at the gateway ip and the dns ip. If I create a route to the gateway (either using the route command or using the network gui) and enter the dns ip, I can then surf web pages, use ssh, etc. The only problem is I have to re-activate the connection frequently.
Any idea on why using dhcp doesn't work more automatically and more easily and why I keep losing the connection? I've run into this problem before with this laptop at other hotels that used wired ethernet. Wireless dhcp works as expected.
Rick B.