On 18/10/05, captnemotx@xxxxxxxxxxxx <captnemotx@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to the list so my question may have been answered previously. > I just upgraded from FC2 to 4. I've got an IBM clone computer with an > Abit KT7A Raid motherboard, 1GB of RAM, AMD Athlon 1GHz processor, DSL > connection to the Internet with a D-Link DI-604 Broadband/Ethernet > router connecting 4 computers on my home network. > > After I finished upgrading to FC4 I tried checking for updates by > running up2date but got error messages. Checking further, it appears > that the machine is not connecting to the Internet (I can't call up any > other Web sites). I checked the Internet Connection Wizard and it is > only giving me the option to connect using a static IP Address rather > than an automatically obtained address using DHCP (which I had been > using under FC2 just fine). I *do* have a static IP Address and > usually run an Internet/e-mail server on another computer but it has > been down lately due to hardware problems). The Ethernet card in the > machine shows to be active. > > Any suggestions? Thanks for any help. You may e-mail me direct if you > wish. > > Kevin Phillips Can you ping external IP addresses. Try and ping 64.233.183.104 You do know this is not a private IP address range? Why are you using this IP address and network address? Maybe you have mis-configured your internal network.
