Re: [Staffslug] An unanswerable question!

okay so what you're saying is linux isn't grabbing the dns resolution from the router basically.. it connects to the router though, doesn't it? what does ifconfig say? i haven't used linux in a while, but what are the contents of /etc/init.d/net* (i mean..paste me the contents of /etc/init.d which have the prefix net) it should be /etc/init.d/net.eth0 (your ethernet...) and /etc/init.d/net.ath0 ( i assume on this one.. for the wireless) or /etc/init.d/net.ad0 (that last one might be my bsd brain in action) if it doesn't connect to the router have you tried net-setup eth0 or dhcpd eth0 ? regards, andrew On 08/03/07, Carl Struyk <carl(a)struyk.co.uk&gt; wrote: > I had been using LiveCD's without a problem - any I tried would pick > up a DHCP address and go out to the internet - no problems. Suddenly > they stopped working. No matter what distro I use now - I still > cannot access the internet. I tried getting an answer to this on the > ubuntu forums but they couldn't help! > > I am picking up an IP address (via DHCP) with no problems - whether > I'm using wired or wifi (to an Apple Airport express AP which gets > it's own IP through DHCP) but cannot get online. > > After reading something unrelated earlier - I thought about pinging an > IP address to see if I get a response. Tried pinging google.com and I > always get a response. I then put the IP address straight into > Firefox and got the page up. So, my issue appears to be a DNS issue > with every LiveCD. It's odd that it doesn't matter if I use wired > (straight to the router - a D-Link DSL 504T) or wireless through the > Airport Express AP > DSL504T. > > To complicate matters - if I use my Powerbook (running OS X) with > wired or wireless - it works fine. Also, if I use my tablet PC > running Vista with wired or wireless - it works fine! > > Can anyone suggest anything? In my DHCP settings on my router, it's > giving the DNS address as the router address. is this correct or > should it be the DNS address of my ISP? > > Carl > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug >