Firefox can't get access to the internet

Hi,

I have just installed Suse-Linus 10.1.
Every thing is working fine. I have a connection to the internet but when I
try to run Firefox or Konquerer I receive the message that Firefox (or
Konquerer) can't find the server on the URL I typed in the adress bar. I
have checked all the settings but nothing I have done so far didn't work.
Is there anyone who can help me with this?

I have no experience with Suse-Linux but I'm enthousiast about what I have
seen of it so far.
Just the above problem I can't solve.

Jack

Jack,

open a console and try something like
ping www.google.com

Does it reply? Just trying to figure out if this is a Firefox prolem or a general networking problem.

Uwe

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> Jack,
>
> open a console and try something like
> ping www.google.com
>
> Does it reply? Just trying to figure out if this is a Firefox prolem or a
general networking problem.
>
> Uwe
>
> --
> Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.

Hi Uwe,

Thanks for your reply.
I tried your suggestion but it didn't work.
What else can I do?

Perhaps this will help you to find solutions:

My system is an ACER AMD64 PC connected with the internet through a router
Linksys WRT54G.

Hope you can help further.

Regards,
Jack

j.brewel@chello.nl wrote:
>> Jack,
>>
>> open a console and try something like
>> ping www.google.com
>>
>> Does it reply? Just trying to figure out if this is a Firefox prolem or a
> general networking problem.
>> Uwe
>>
>> --
>> Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
>> Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.
>
> Hi Uwe,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
> I tried your suggestion but it didn't work.
> What else can I do?
>
> Perhaps this will help you to find solutions:
>
> My system is an ACER AMD64 PC connected with the internet through a router
> Linksys WRT54G.
>
> Hope you can help further.
>
> Regards,
> Jack
>

do:

cat /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth0.info

If your network works in windows, compare the results
with the network settings there (ipconfig /all if I remember right)

Your Linksys router should be your dns server, so if you know the
ipnumber to your router (check with netstat -rn ) you can try
nslookup
> server 192.168.0.1 (or whatever your routes has)
> google.com

<ctrl>D

If the works, your /etc/resolv.conf was not updated by dhcp, fix that
with YaST.

Try to send more information, and more people will answer.
Example: when Uwe ask you to ping www.google.com he understand that it's
not working unless you have a bogus proxy configured, but if you send
the result, the problem can be solved, the answer "not working" can be
anything from it's still waiting for your prompt, to the machine
crashed. I guess you saw something when you did ping.


/birger

* j.brewel@chello.nl wrote, On 10/04/2006 08:41 PM:

> Thanks for your reply.
> I tried your suggestion but it didn't work.
> What else can I do?

Well, what Birger said: What happened when you tried to ping?

> My system is an ACER AMD64 PC connected with the internet through a router
> Linksys WRT54G.

Thanks.

You did go through the NIC configuration in Yast?
You do have a cable properly connecting the router and the NIC?
Link lights on both ends are on?

Uwe

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j.brewel@chello.nl wrote:
> My system is an ACER AMD64 PC connected with the internet through a router
> Linksys WRT54G.

I mentioned it earlier (this has happened to me a few times with another
computer). Make sure that in the laptop you have the Default Gateway filled
with the IP address of your router (192.168.1.1 or whatever number you
assigned).
If this is set, can you ping the router?
If so, then your computer cannot find the name servers. Check (with yast)
that the DNS nameserver addresses are filled. For some reason I have
experienced that these are sometimes not set up automatically. Find out
what the DNS name server addresses are in Windoze and then put those names
in by hand (again using yast). Those addresses should also appear in the
router (log into the router using the web interface and in one of the tabs
(near the right end, sorry I am not near my router now) these appear (and
there is a refresh button).

If you cannot ping the router, then the problem is the wifi connection (or
are you connecting by cable?).

I hope it helps.
-G-

> j.brewel@chello.nl wrote:
> >> Jack,
> >>
> >> open a console and try something like
> >> ping www.google.com
> >>
> >> Does it reply? Just trying to figure out if this is a Firefox prolem or a
> > general networking problem.
> >> Uwe
> >>
> >> --
> >> Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> >> Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.
> >
> > Hi Uwe,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> > I tried your suggestion but it didn't work.
> > What else can I do?
> >
> > Perhaps this will help you to find solutions:
> >
> > My system is an ACER AMD64 PC connected with the internet through a router
> > Linksys WRT54G.
> >
> > Hope you can help further.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jack
> >
>
> do:
>
> cat /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth0.info
>
> If your network works in windows, compare the results
> with the network settings there (ipconfig /all if I remember right)
>
> Your Linksys router should be your dns server, so if you know the
> ipnumber to your router (check with netstat -rn ) you can try
> nslookup
> > server 192.168.0.1 (or whatever your routes has)
> > google.com
>
> <ctrl>D
>
> If the works, your /etc/resolv.conf was not updated by dhcp, fix that
> with YaST.
>
> Try to send more information, and more people will answer.
> Example: when Uwe ask you to ping www.google.com he understand that it's
> not working unless you have a bogus proxy configured, but if you send
> the result, the problem can be solved, the answer "not working" can be
> anything from it's still waiting for your prompt, to the machine
> crashed. I guess you saw something when you did ping.
>
>
> /birger


You are right!

When I pinged "www.google.com" I got the message "can't find the adress
www.google.com".
With YaST I found that the DHCP-server was not running and I tried to start
it manualy. But one way or the other I am not able to do so. Should it run
all the time?
I allso checked if the DHCP-server was installed and I found it is but I
can't get it running.

/Jack

j.brewel@chello.nl wrote:
[...]
> You are right!
>
> When I pinged "www.google.com" I got the message "can't find the
> adress www.google.com".
> With YaST I found that the DHCP-server was not running and I tried to
> start it manualy. But one way or the other I am not able to do so.
> Should it run all the time?
> I allso checked if the DHCP-server was installed and I found it is but
> I can't get it running.

You want to run the DHCP /client/.

You are better to go into YaST and redo the networking.

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> Hi,
>
> I have just installed Suse-Linus 10.1.
> Every thing is working fine. I have a connection to the internet but when I
> try to run Firefox or Konquerer I receive the message that Firefox (or
> Konquerer) can't find the server on the URL I typed in the adress bar. I
> have checked all the settings but nothing I have done so far didn't work.
> Is there anyone who can help me with this?
>
> I have no experience with Suse-Linux but I'm enthousiast about what I have
> seen of it so far.
> Just the above problem I can't solve.
>
> Jack

Hi I sort of guess you have the same problem as:Wifi... Connected no
problem but no internet.
http://forums.novell.com/group/opens.../@article@2816

read my reply there and see if that is any use to you.

Good luck and keep the faith.

> Hi,
>
> I have just installed Suse-Linus 10.1.
> Every thing is working fine. I have a connection to the internet but when I
> try to run Firefox or Konquerer I receive the message that Firefox (or
> Konquerer) can't find the server on the URL I typed in the adress bar. I
> have checked all the settings but nothing I have done so far didn't work.
> Is there anyone who can help me with this?
>
> I have no experience with Suse-Linux but I'm enthousiast about what I have
> seen of it so far.
> Just the above problem I can't solve.
>
> Jack

Hi everybody,

I want to thank you all for the tips you send me.
Finaly I got it working after several new system setups and adjustmnets of
parameters. I acted as an expert user wich I'm not!! Because I don't know
what made it working.
But the most important is that it's working!
Once again thanks to you all.

Jack