On 09-07-25 10:19:52, Jim wrote: > On 07/24/2009 04:35 PM, charles zeitler wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Rick Sewill<rsewill@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> You indicated there is no DNS resolution? > >> What is in your /etc/resolv.conf file please? > >> > >> > > it is currently blank. > > > > > >> Can you ping an IP address if you do not use DNS resolution? > >> > >> Can you ping www.google.com? > >> Can you ping 209.85.225.99? > >> > >> > > i successfully pinged yahoo at 69.147.76.15 > > > > > >> Am I correct in assuming you have never been able to surf the > >> Internet through this active network connection? My previous > >> comments assumed you could surf the Internet, but your connection > >> eventually failed. > >> > > my connection worked initially, and for some time, then suddenly > > dns stopped working. > > > > > > > > > see if vou can ping linuxtoday.com, if it's a DNS problem you won't > be able to connect to server. Fedora is also having a IPV6 problem, > it's looking for IPV6 instead of IPV4. He has no nameservers listed, so unless he is running a local nameserver (bind, etc.) he can't resolve any names. See `man resolv.conf`, the second paragraph and the "nameserver" section. This is (most likely) happening when his DHCP lease is renewed and something doesn't work. There might be a log (perhaps /var/log/messages) where PPP mentions such things. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
