New OpenSuse use having trouble with Network/Internet

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#1

Hi, im new to the Opensuse community and i am hoping to learn more. I have never used Linux on any real scale so please be tender with me.

I have just installed openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64.

To be honest, i can understand some of the outputs but not them all. i have tried multiple guides but to no avail. So far i have installed the NIC, my router (orange livebox) is connected to ethernet port. i set everything to DHCP, the DHCP works on the router.
But i cant seem to get on to the internet. i can get an ip address assigned but i cant view webpages, get a direct connection to the routers interface. i tried pinging but the output is wierd and it seems to ping repetitively.

Here are the outputs from some commands because i know you pros understand them like english :P.
I read something about attansic NICs. that happens to be what i am using but there wasnt a solution posted. PLEASE HELP A NOOB!

linux:/home/Eazey # ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:F3:5F:CB:E4
inet addr:192.168.1.162 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2302 (2.2 Kb) TX bytes:15193 (14.8 Kb)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:135 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:135 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:12234 (11.9 Kb) TX bytes:12234 (11.9 Kb)

linux:/home/Eazey # lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 5352 1
nls_cp437 7064 1
vfat 11864 1
fat 54376 1 vfat
usb_storage 101072 1
af_packet 20728 2
binfmt_misc 10260 1
snd_pcm_oss 48896 0
snd_mixer_oss 16808 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 61968 0
snd_seq_device 8604 1 snd_seq
cpufreq_conservative 8272 0
cpufreq_userspace 4204 0
cpufreq_powersave 2248 0
acpi_cpufreq 8968 0
fuse 61088 3
loop 17924 0
dm_mod 73952 0
snd_hda_intel 545508 3
snd_pcm 95440 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 26664 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9816 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 9072 1 snd_hda_intel
ppdev 8208 0
snd 74632 14 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
ohci1394 31380 0
parport_pc 40392 0
sr_mod 16196 1
soundcore 8816 1 snd
atl1 37696 0
i2c_i801 12836 0
button 8328 0
rtc_cmos 13960 0
ieee1394 98880 1 ohci1394
rtc_core 22420 1 rtc_cmos
cdrom 36200 1 sr_mod
pcspkr 3064 0
mii 6024 1 atl1
rtc_lib 3560 1 rtc_core
parport 41568 2 ppdev,parport_pc
iTCO_wdt 13040 0
intel_agp 29936 0
i2c_core 35280 1 i2c_i801
iTCO_vendor_support 4268 1 iTCO_wdt
floppy 63240 0
sg 35344 0
sd_mod 35064 6
crc_t10dif 2152 1 sd_mod
uhci_hcd 27928 0
ehci_hcd 55348 0
usbcore 198656 4 usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
edd 10272 0
ext3 141912 2
mbcache 10412 1 ext3
jbd 68824 1 ext3
fan 6016 0
ide_pci_generic 4652 0
ide_core 118012 1 ide_pci_generic
ata_generic 6044 0
ata_piix 21628 3
pata_jmicron 4104 1
ahci 34628 0
libata 183376 4 ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_jmicron,ahci
scsi_mod 179144 5 usb_storage,sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
dock 14564 1 libata
thermal 24232 0
processor 49904 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
thermal_sys 14336 3 fan,thermal,processor
hwmon 4040 1 thermal_sys

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5KPL-VM Motherboard
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 4347
Memory at fe9c0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at fe9a0000 [disabled] [size=128]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1Enable+
Capabilities: [58] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [6c] Vital Product Data <?>
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSVoil-
UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
CESta: RxErr+ BadTLP- BadDLLP+ Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
Kernel driver in use: atl1
Kernel modules: atl1

I should be able to do anything you guys instruct me, but please try to keep it simple, im not that good yet.[/size][/size]

#2

Few things to check:-
1 ) ipv6 is disabled
2 ) firewall is set correctly
3 ) nameserver is correct
4 ) if using Firefox, it is set to work online
5 ) resolv.conf looks correct

Andy

#3

hey dude, thanks for such a quick reply.

1- ipv6 is disabled
2- i turned firewall off to make sure
3- i havent really configured the name server myself. i thought it would do this automatically. could you elaborate a little. how would i set this and where would i find the correct address to set it to. my network consists of 2 laptops (xp + vista…) and my PC which is newly installed OpenSUSE.

Thanks in advance!

#4

On Fri January 23 2009 07:56 pm, eazey wrote:

>
> hey dude, thanks for such a quick reply.
>
> 1- ipv6 is disabled
> 2- i turned firewall off to make sure
> 3- i havent really configured the name server myself. i thought it
> would do this automatically. could you elaborate a little. how would i
> set this and where would i find the correct address to set it to. my
> network consists of 2 laptops (xp + vista…) and my PC which is newly
> installed OpenSUSE.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
eazey;

Can you post the contents of
/etc/resolv.conf
In a terminal window execute the following and post the results.


su
route -v

If there are sensitive IP’s in the above, you can use replacement IP’s.

Are you using dhcp or fixed IP?

It might save time if you describe the topology of your network (i.e. how is
every thing connected, wire, wireless,switch(es) and router(s) etc.)

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

#5

Hey thank you for your help.

My network consists of 2 laptops using wireless. They are running XP and Vista. I have a PC which has OpenSuse installed. It is a wired connection going to my livebox router.

XP machine:
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.78
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Output from route -v on opensuse PC

linux:/home/Eazey # route -v
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
linux:/home/Eazey #

Everything is set to DHCP as far as i can tell. ive been through the yast network settings like 10 times and i have set everything to automatic. :frowning: thanks!

#6

On Sat January 24 2009 03:16 am, eazey wrote:

>
> Hey thank you for your help.
>
> My network consists of 2 laptops using wireless. They are running XP
> and Vista. I have a PC which has OpenSuse installed. It is a wired
> connection going to my livebox router.
>
> XP machine:
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.78
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>
> Output from route -v on opensuse PC
>
> linux:/home/Eazey # route -v
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
> lo
> default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
> eth0
> linux:/home/Eazey #
>
> Everything is set to DHCP as far as i can tell. ive been through the
> yast network settings like 10 times and i have set everything to
> automatic. :frowning: thanks!
>
>
And the contents of /etc/resolv.conf ?

Can you ping the Windows machine and router?


ping -c5 192.168.1.78
ping -c5 192.168.1.1

–
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

#7

hey PV thanks again for the help.

I am able to ping both my windows machines and my router but still no internet access. that must mean the problem arises on my router correct?

from the opensuse machine i cant even access my router configuration page even though i can ping it?

#8

On Mon January 26 2009 08:56 am, eazey wrote:

>
> hey PV thanks again for the help.
>
> I am able to ping both my windows machines and my router but still no
> internet access. that must mean the problem arises on my router
> correct?
>
> from the opensuse machine i cant even access my router configuration
> page even though i can ping it?
>
>
eazey;
Actually I think the problem most likely resides with you name server
configuration. That is why I am asking for the contents of /etc/resolv.conf.
Just to make sure see if you can ping google by IP. Try:


ping -c5 64.233.169.103

Also post the results of:


cat /etc/resolv.conf

–
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green