Suse 10.1 has access to LAN - no access to Internet/YAST

[Haarsma, Michael (SAPOL)]

Sorry David, the stuff in (brackets) was the command you should run from
the command line. Doing it as root would be easiest.

Do Alt-F2 in X type xterm, click OK then 'su -' then the commands I
bracketised. (yes that's a word ;))


 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Wolverton [mailto:david.wolverton at internode.on.net] 
> Sent: Monday, 20 November 2006 9:57 AM
> To: Haarsma, Michael (SAPOL); 'Linux SA'
> Subject: RE: Suse 10.1 has access to LAN - no access to Internet/YAST
> 
> 
> Michael H wrote:
> > Check the bottom layers first, and work up..
> > 
> > 1 have you got the cable connected
> Yes, I can see my LAN/Access my M$ File Server.
> 
> > 2 does it have link lights (anything blinking?)
> Yes. (See above.)
> 
> > 3 do you have a valid IP? (ifconfig)
> Sorry. I don't understand what ifconfig means - and/or how to check?
> 
> > 4 do you have a valid gateway? (route)
> Ditto. How do I check?
> 
> > 5 do you have dns servers? (cat /etc/resolve.conf)
> Ditto. How do I check? (Is that a command line prompt?)
> 
> > 6 can you ping your default gateway/router (ping 192.168.1.1) or
> Yes. (Using command line prompts)
> 
> > 7 can you do dns lookups? (dig google.com)
> Sorry... How do I do this?
> 
> > 8 can you perform a trace route (traceroute ozemail.com.au)
> No.
> 
> > 9 can you use a web browser to access a site?
> No. How do I fix?
> 
> > 10 does yast now work?
> No. How do I fix?
> 
> > When you reach a point where the answer is no, fix, and proceed.
> > 
> > 
> > What have you done in your network configuration? Try removing the 
> > network card (via yast, not physically) and reinstalling it 
> DHCP only.
> I always configure my modem/router directly - rather than 
> using DHCP. I'll try getting it to send all the correct 
> information directly instead of directly configuring.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions, sorry I didn't understand. If you 
> have time, could you please expand? :-(
> 
> 
> DFW
> 
>