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#1

Hi,
I have just installed openSUSE with KDE UI. I am having a problem with connecting to the internet. I know the physical connection is good since I can boot to win7 and use the internet.

my skill level with linux is pretty low.

I am hoping someone can either point me to a good thread which covers my problem or just give some advice.
Thanks

#2

Are you using a wired or a wireless network interface adapter? Can you Ping your router’s IP address? Can you ping an external address like Google.com via their IP address at 74.125.45.104 ?

#3

I can ping yahoo easily my connection is wired; through a router/firewall to the internet. I should also mention that I am running a fresh install of openSUSE 11.2

I had internet on other versions of Linux before (Fedora, Kubuntu). I think I screwed up something when I did the network setup in the install process for Fedora. I have since deleted the partition and installed openSUSE and the networking still does not work.

Also what is the command set to disable desktop effects from the fail safe command line?

Thanks

#4

I assume your ethernet has been configured properly. Can you ping your router from opensuse? Or maybe browse it’s web interface by ip?

#5

yes I can navigate to the router’s page my current IP is 192.168.0.64

I haven’t tried to ping an external IP but I have pinged www.yahoo.com

I assume that the ping function works generally the same as the DOS ping.
I am dual booting with Win7 and have full access to the internet when in Windows

#6

I can navigate to google’s site by entering their IP address, but not by entering Google

#7

brihno wrote:
> I am hoping someone can either point me to a good thread

probably would get faster/better help in the networking forum
here…and, by using a descriptive subject line…

like this one “No interenet access Open Suse 11.2” the second posting
in that thread may have your answer as i’m pretty sure yours is also
a DNS issue (though i’m not a network guru): http://tinyurl.com/yefuk2j

if not i’m pretty sure you can turn up a workable solution from here
by using DNS as one of the search terms and limiting your search
area to networking: http://forums.opensuse.org/search.php

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palladium

#8

yes it was a DNS problem; I can now surf the Internet but its really slow.

#9

I had to change the DNS to my ISP’s then I was good to go. It had the router as the DNS HAHA!

#10

brihno wrote:
> yes it was a DNS problem; I can now surf the Internet but its really
> slow.

search the networking area for RECENT (within the couple of weeks,
maybe month, at the most) posts on slow network and turning off
IPv6…find and use the one that is a kernel parameter…

http://forums.opensuse.org/search.php

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palladium