Re: Fedora-10 Internet Access difficulties

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_gateway ?

Dave wrote:
> Thank you Howard, and to you Raj for your more detailed suggestion.
> 
> Pinging 206.190.60.37  and entering that into Firefox's destination both 
> worked.
> 
> Then I hit the wall because any edit of /etc/resolv.conf seems to get 
> "restored" to whatever it was before (Generated by NetworkManager), 
> perhaps when I restarted the network service.
> 
> Silly question: what is a "default gw", and where does it lurk?
> 
> Still puzzled, but more optimistic;
> DaveR
> 
> Raj wrote:
>> sounds like a dns issue to me - check:
>>
>> 1. ping a known host on the internet by IP, see if you can get to it.
>> for instance, 206.190.60.37 (yahoo.com)
>>
>> 2. if that works, check /etc/resolv.conf and fix your nameserver(s) as
>> required.  A safe bet is your default gw if you have a commercial
>> router.
>>
>> cheers!
>> --Raj.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 14:14 -0500, Dave wrote:
>>  
>>> I blew away my Fedora-core6 in favour of a fresh install of Fedora-10.
>>>
>>> Some things have been as much fun as pursuing a raw egg (w/o shell) 
>>> around the kitchen floor. One of the issues is my Internet access 
>>> from that box.
>>>
>>> Although there is the wee icon that shows that I have eth0 connected, 
>>> and I can  interact with other boxes on my LAN via the Thomson 
>>> Speedtouch router, I cannot "see" the Internet from the F-10 box. 
>>> (BTW SELINUX prevents my  ftp'ing into this box (text or GUI), but I 
>>> can ftp to other boxes. SELINUX is next on my list of things to learn.)
>>>
>>> The "Connection Information" for eth0 shows lots of the usual (IP 
>>> address, default route), but Firefox (and ping, traceroute) give me 
>>> messages like "can't find the server at ...", "unknown host", 
>>> "Temporary failure in name resolution".
>>>
>>> What is/are the most common newbie oversight(s) that might explain 
>>> this? I _know_ I'm going to fool feelish when you tell me!
>>>
>>>  TIA;
>>> DaveR
>>>     
>>
>>   
> 

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