I know you all run away when you see ‘newbie’.
I have a dedicated box running OpenSUSE 4.4.49-16. When I let dhcp handle things I’m pinging around the world. When I give it a static ip address through yast, I can only ping inside my bubble. I’ve setup the /etc/resolv.conf with the lines:
search Belkin
nameserver 192.168.2.1
Just like it is when dhcp is boss. What am I missing?
Probably a default (gateway) route. Check with
ip route
I have a dedicated box running OpenSUSE 4.4.49-16
You’ve confused the kernel version with the openSUSE version 
Kernel version
uname -r
openSUSE version
cat /etc/os-release
uname -r
4.4.57-18.3-default
Looky there. Default gateway fixed her. Like I said…been a while. Sharpening up what’s left of my tired brain
Don’t forget to check ‘ip route’
Yep, easy to forget. 