WiFi Internet works fine but limited connectivity elsewhere

English Network/Internet
#1

I haven’t posted information about my hardware because I’m not sure that it’s useful. I’m using 11.2 with KDE.

I can connect to the Internet on my WLAN just fine (using Opera) and can dload torrent files (using the same).

However, I have had trouble accessing some community repositories in the past, cannot synchronise with an NTP server (annoying since my battery is low and time and date are reset most reboots) and cannot use the lyrics function or Wikipedia function in Amarok. Nor can I connect to the net using Firefox (though conqueror works just fine…) I cannot download torrents on KTorrent either.

It seems that there is some sort of ‘permission’/connectivity issue.

Where should I be looking to fix this? What additional info can I give that will help identify this issue?

Many thanks!

#2

are you sure your problem is time related? If so, post the outcome of


tail -n 20 /var/log/ntp

and


sudo cat /etc/ntp.conf
#3

Thanks.

I will do this as soon as I am in front of my home computer.

Just to clarify, I am NOT sure that it is time related, but successful synchronization with an NTP server is one of the problems I am having with my internet connection, in addition to those listed above.

#4

Some users are having to set the network DNS manually according to their ISP settings and disable IPv6

#5

I tried to set DNS manually, but only some characters can be entered, which prevented me from completing the field correctly. I’m not sure why this is… I will try it again. And also post the results of the above when possible.

Thanks, and watch out for Boss Hog!

#6

On 02/23/2010 05:26 AM, BBQCH wrote:
>
> I tried to set DNS manually, but only some characters can be entered,
> which prevented me from completing the field correctly. I’m not sure why
> this is… I will try it again. And also post the results of the above
> when possible.

This sounds a bit funny. To enter a nameserver, the only characters needed are
“naneserver”, the digits 0-9, and the period. Which of these could not be entered?

#7

type the following…

#bash
#echo $TERM

If the key’s aren’t right it usually means your keyboard setup isn’t right. $TERM will spitout what type of keyboard it thinks you’re using. If it’s the right keyboard setup then your keyboard is acting up.

Back to problem… It does sound like a networking issue to me as well; also probably DNS. Try and set your computer up to use Opendns.

https://store.opendns.com/setup/operatingsystem/suse-linux#step1

You might also want to verify your NTP settings in YAST. And be sure to open the port in your firewall when you’re in the yast NTP module.

#8

A BIG thank you to all who helped me work this through!

My keyboard works just fine; it was my mistake in trying to put both hostname and IP address fro the DNS servers. Entering only numerical values seems to have worked and with this ALL of the above connectivity issues are solved!

Again, thanks to all for your patience and willingness to help.

:slight_smile:

#9

lol …small security tip. Just stick using the IP’s. You cut down the nominal over head and less vulnerable to DNS Spoofing.