#1. Do you have another machine on the local net that you can ping? If
so, then you can confirm your NIC / Cable are working and network params
are fine.
#2. Can you ping an IP address in the outside world? This tests if your
firewall / gateway is set up correctly
#3. If #2 is okay, can you ping a domain name from the outside world?
This tests your DNS settings.
Also, you might want to flush our your iptables because some default
rules will block icmp (i.e. ping)
-Brad
DRicher33 wrote:
Hi all,
Fairly new to linux and having some problems troubleshooting my internet connection.
For some reason I can't get to the outside world and it's driving me nuts. I can't ping anything outside my localhost. I'm running a static IP address:
IP: xx.xx.128.149
Sub: 255.255.252.0
Gateway: xx.xx.128.1
Confirmed with my ISP that those are correct. I've assigned DNS settings properly and confirmed on another machine that the Gateway, DNS servers are working.
Here is what I've done:
1. Reinstalled Fedora Core 5
2. Turned off the firewall and SELINUX
3. Tried a different network card with same result.
Am I missing something here? Is this some weird DNS issue?
Any help would be great
thanks
