Fresh 11.3 install; no wired connectivity

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This installation comes from a KDE liveCD (the media was tested and verified before installation.) I am set up with a DSL connection - modem is 192.168.1.254. I am unable to ping out (tried 8.8.8.8). Here’s some file output:

ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 6C:F0:49:75:08:1E
inet addr:192.168.1.64 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::6ef0:49ff:fe75:81e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:87 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:6470 (6.3 Kb) TX bytes:10669 (10.4 Kb)
Interrupt:27 Base address:0xa000

route -n:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

resolv.conf (last 2 lines):

Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!

nameserver 192.168.1.254

Thank you for any insight into fixing this issue.

2

Stupid question, but you can ping the router, correct?

ping 192.168.1.254

3

I pinged that IP and received a response. I then double checked, and apparently I can ping 8.8.8.8 - must have been a pebcak error before. However, I’m certain that I can’t resolve addresses. I have the same IP in my resolv.conf on my currently running OS (dual booting.)

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Well, your solution is easy then!

8.8.8.8 is Google’s public DNS server, so replace the contents of /etc/resolve.conf with:

nameserver 8.8.8.8

and you should be good to go!

5

This works - I appreciate the help. Is there any particular reason why I can’t punt to my modem like I can with my other OS?

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On 07/16/2010 07:26 AM, Gno wrote:
>
>
> I am set up with a DSL connection -
> modem is 192.168.1.254. I am unable to ping out (tried 8.8.8.8).
> Here’s some file output:
>
> ifconfig:
<snip>

> resolv.conf (last 2 lines):
> ### Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!
> nameserver 192.168.1.254
>

I believe your ADSL box’s LAN address is not what you should have as
nameserver.

Instead it should be the “gateway” (in YaST network settings) and
the nameserver should be your ISP’s one or some other, like Google’s 8.8.8.8

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