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[Jatin K]

On 08/28/2009 05:33 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
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>>> I installed fedora 11 and I can't get online. It detects the Internet
>>> connection and says it is established but firefox will not connect
>>> neither will the system update. Is there something I need to do in the
>>> terminal to make it go online. I have a dsl connection. I had to revert
>>> back to ubuntu to get online. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>        
>> This sounds like a dns problem.  Right-click on the network icon in your
>> system tray, and choose Edit Connection.  You should then see your
>> connection,
>> probably (but not necessarily) as eth0.  Highlight it and choose Edit.  On
>> the
>> IPV4 tab you need an entry.  In most cases you can simply give it the
>> address
>> of your adsl router or modem - often 192.168.1.1.  What that does is tell
>> your application to go through the router or modem and ask your ISP to
>> resolve the addresses you give it.
>>      
> Although all this seems sensible to me,
> I am a bit surprised none of you gurus has suggested using "ping".
> I would start by pinging my ISP, if possible using the IP address.
> To me, the first question would be, "Are my packets leaving the house?"
> If I determined that they were, I would think to myself,
> "So it's a pretty simple issue then, probably something to do with DNS,
> or maybe DHCP."
> If I found the packets were not leaving my house,
> I would be much less sanguine.
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I already asked about resolve.conf ..... but did not get reply :-(