Viper_Maniac Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 It will connect but nothing else. I open up Firefox and no websites will load. Try to use Update and it says it cant connect. Could it have something to do with my router(Linksys)? I cant see why because not long after I hooked up the router and configured it I was able to connect & surf the web just fine under linux. Now it will only connect but nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Are you on a wired or wireless connection? In either case, first off check the WAN status of the router. The router could have lost its connection to the ISP (you'll see its IP address as 0.0.0.0). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Have you checked your firewall settings? It could be blocking the packets you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havin_it Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Or, if it is apparently 'connected' correctly, maybe your box is not getting DNS service. Assuming it's the router, not the PC itself, that holds the addresses of DNS servers to use, check these addresses by pinging them: ping -c 4 81.240.24.4 (or whatever is primary DNS address) If you didn't have to manually enter these server addresses when setting up your ISP account, you should be able to view the addresses your account is using by looking at 'WAN settings' or similar category in the router controls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper_Maniac Posted March 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Are you on a wired or wireless connection? In either case, first off check the WAN status of the router. The router could have lost its connection to the ISP (you'll see its IP address as 0.0.0.0). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Its wired. I dont think it lost the connection because I'm online right now(windows) and it shows 0.0.0.0 as IP under Router Status. Have you checked your firewall settings? It could be blocking the packets you want. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How do I know what packets need to get through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 (edited) check these posts http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=21457 http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=22702&hl= Edited March 8, 2005 by arctic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmc77 Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 (edited) Kind of an obvious one, but have you checked your firewall? I had a bugger of a time when I messed with the "share a connection" options. Don't know why, but firewall blocked everything. I just set the options on firewall to no restrictions then went back and reset the way I wanted. Resolved itself. *EDIT* Sorry, Qchem - you already hit that topic. I should pay more attention. Edited March 8, 2005 by kmc77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper_Maniac Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 check these postshttp://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=21457 http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=22702&hl= <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok, I tried all of those things except the firefox thing. Still nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Have you tried briefly turning the firewall off completely? Just so you can eliminate it from the scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper_Maniac Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Just did that and still no change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Well, at least we've eliminated that :) Can you still ping the router? Can you connect to the routers config page? Have you tried to connect with a different machine/OS? Sorry about all the questions, hopefully they'll lead to an answer.... eventually! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 in case that you have fiddled around with your router settings: reset the router to the factory defaults. this helps quite often, when people change some values in their router that somehow affect mtu/mru values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper_Maniac Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Well, at least we've eliminated that :) Can you still ping the router? Can you connect to the routers config page? Have you tried to connect with a different machine/OS? Sorry about all the questions, hopefully they'll lead to an answer.... eventually! ;) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes to all. I can connect to the routers config page in both windows and linux. I can connect just fine under windows. in case that you have fiddled around with your router settings: reset the router to the factory defaults. this helps quite often, when people change some values in their router that somehow affect mtu/mru values. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The only thing I've changed on the router is the password and what my dsl name and pass is. Other than that I havent done anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Can you check the DNS settings in linux, simply paste the contents of /etc/resolv.conf How is the linux box obtaining its IP address, statically or with dhcp? Did you set this up with a mandrake wizard? For a new LAN connection? Sorry about all the questions :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper_Maniac Posted March 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Can you check the DNS settings in linux, simply paste the contents of /etc/resolv.conf <{POST_SNAPBACK}> nameserver 208.198.194.10 nameserver 208.198.194.5 search localhost How is the linux box obtaining its IP address, statically or with dhcp? Did you set this up with a mandrake wizard? For a new LAN connection? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It should be obtaining it via DHCP. Setup what? The DSL connection? Sorry that I misunderstood this part. Sorry about all the questions :P <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey if it helps to figure whats wrong then by all means do ask questions. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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