Internet was working on Ubuntu, now not on Suse

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#1

I had to remove Ubuntu because I didn’t have the room for both flavors on my machine. Ubuntu ran firefox just fine.

Just installed Suse 11.1. Install worked fine - as far as I know. When I tried to connect to the internet thru firefox, I get url=http://www.opensuse.org]openSUSE.org address not found. After reading some entries in this forum, I tried to ping 208.67.222.222 and was able to ping it just fine (got 24 packets submitted, 24 packets received). I’m running thru a linksys router and a motorola modem.

After reading another forum entry, I checked my Network Setup Card - it activates at boot time.

Going into Network Settings and to configure how firefox connects to the internet, I’ve got it set to the same way that my vista machine connects - No proxy.

I called my ISP to see if they could help. They don’t support Linux, but they did check to see if I could get to my modem - and I could. But, as I said above, I’m able to ping that outside 208.67.222.222 address.

Any help would be fantastic.
Thanks…

#2

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Sounds like a DNS issue. Please post the output from:

dig google.com

Also, just for reference:

ip addr sh
ip route sh
cat /etc/resolv.conf

Finally tell us what the internal IP of your router is.

Good luck.

mocdog wrote:
> I had to remove Ubuntu because I didn’t have the room for both flavors
> on my machine. Ubuntu ran firefox just fine.
>
> Just installed Suse 11.1. Install worked fine - as far as I know.
> When I tried to connect to the internet thru firefox, I get
> url=http://www.opensuse.org]openSUSE.org address not found. After
> reading some entries in this forum, I tried to ping 208.67.222.222 and
> was able to ping it just fine (got 24 packets submitted, 24 packets
> received). I’m running thru a linksys router and a motorola modem.
>
> After reading another forum entry, I checked my Network Setup Card - it
> activates at boot time.
>
> Going into Network Settings and to configure how firefox connects to
> the internet, I’ve got it set to the same way that my vista machine
> connects - No proxy.
>
> I called my ISP to see if they could help. They don’t support Linux,
> but they did check to see if I could get to my modem - and I could.
> But, as I said above, I’m able to ping that outside 208.67.222.222
> address.
>
> Any help would be fantastic.
> Thanks…
>
>
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#3

It is very similar to the problem I’ve had (and solved) after an installation of openSUSE today.

I’ve described it here btw :
ping working but addresses not resolved - openSUSE Forums

A full online update was enough to fix it.

run

> host update.opensuse.org

you will get an IP

Now go to yast / Software Repositories and replace every occurrence of “update.opensuse.org” with the IP. Then run an online update, it worked for me. This problem might be driver-related.

#4

AB,
term@linux-nnjb:~> dig google.com

; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>> google.com

;; global options: printcmd

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 64066

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;google.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:

google.com. 256 IN A 74.125.67.100

google.com. 256 IN A 74.125.127.100

google.com. 256 IN A 74.125.45.100

;; Query time: 22 msec

;; SERVER: 192.168.1.254#53(192.168.1.254)

;; WHEN: Tue Jul 28 17:10:00 2009

;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 76

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

term@linux-nnjb:~> ip addr sh

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN

link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host lo

inet 127.0.0.2/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host secondary lo

inet6 ::1/128 scope host

   valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000

link/ether 00:04:5a:44:35:1a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

inet 192.168.5.102/24 brd 192.168.5.255 scope global eth0

inet6 fe80::204:5aff:fe44:351a/64 scope link

   valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

3: pan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN

link/ether 4a:98:8b:0f:b7:6c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

inet6 fe80::4898:8bff:fe0f:b76c/64 scope link

   valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

term@linux-nnjb:~> ip route sh

192.168.5.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.5.102

169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link

127.0.0.0/8 dev lo scope link

default via 192.168.5.1 dev eth0
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

term@linux-nnjb:~> cat /etc/resolv.conf

/etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!

Before you change this file manually, consider to define the

static DNS configuration using the following variables in the

/etc/sysconfig/network/config file:

NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST

NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS

NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER

or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:

NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=’’

See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation.

Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but

may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines

only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this

file and in case of a “netconfig update -f” call.

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

nameserver 192.168.1.254

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I’m a little unsure on the last request. To access my router, I enter 192.168.1.254. That lists all sorts of info from my router. Or there is one called the IP Address/Name - 192.168.1.3

Let me know if that is what you’re looking for.

#5

Are you able to reach other urls like e.g. Google If yes this is a problem related to the opensuse servers otherwise it is a dns trouble. So let us know.

#6

brisciotti,
I cannot get to google.com, yahoo.com or anything like that - however, if I to a “host www.yahoo.com” on Command Line Terminal, it comes back with 69.147.76.15. If I enter that in Firefox, I can get to yahoo’s main page. If I click on a hyperlink on Yahoo’s main page, I get the “Fire fox can’t find the server www.yahoo.com”
Thanks

#7

If you are using KDE, have you tried browsing with konqueror… Just to check if the issue is not with firefox!!

#8

funny thing is, I have a redhat server having a similar problem. Windows servers can access the internet but it can’t.

I keep giving it either an external DNS or internal DNS server but nothing works. I can ping any destination i want but no dns.

When I run a nslookup i get nothing. I’m just wondering if I’m setting the config the wrong way. (GNOME: system>administration>Network>DNS [tab])

#9

I’m pretty sure you have a dns problem. Ask your isp for it’s dns server address then add those addresses to /etc/resolv.conf. If there you fine the address of your router. Delete it or move it at the last line of the file. This has to be done with root privileges. Also disable ipv6 support if present and reboot just to make it simple.

#10

and ubuntu is quick, opensuse is dead slow, how does one fix that?

#11

Why are you tagging on someone else’s thread instead of starting your own? Its counter productive and not condusive to getting a good response from a community that wants to help.

Also, we have a forum policy against double posting problems. I note you have posted on this already (and a recommendation was given there).

So please start another thread next time and don’t double post on this. Thank you.

Reference your problem with openSUSE, did you disable beagle? Did you disable ipv6?

#12

I went to /etc/resolv.conf and my isp’s dns server address was already there. Then I disabled ipv6 and rebooted. I was then able to get online - Thanks very much to all who helped.