On 06/30/2010 03:35 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 06/29/2010 07:50 PM, John Clark wrote: > >> I can't seem to get my browser/email to connect to Internet. In >> terminal I can ping www.google.com to my hearts content but I can't >> connect to it with Firefox. I have no hair to pull out and I don't want >> to pull scalp. BTW, Ubuntu gets on just fine, out of the box, but I >> can't stand Debian Linux. >> >> > Assuming you have a router and that Ubuntu works fine through the router: > from a gnome terminal try: > netstat -nr. > Make sure the default route (0.0.0.0) is pointing at the correct > interface (eg eth0). > Check your name servers (cat /etc/resolv.conf). > Since you can ping, you should be ok, but sometimes these steps will > show you what the problem is. > Make sure your browser is not trying to connect through a proxy server. > > Minor misconfigurations can cause some interesting problems (such as my > Thunderbird issues and I should have known better). > > Again, use telnet (as said previously) to make sure your firewall is not > blocking outbound ports 80 or 25. > > [gaf@rosetta ~]$ telnet www.google.com 80 > Trying 72.14.204.99... > Connected to www.google.com (72.14.204.99). > Escape character is '^]'. > ^] > telnet> quit > Connection closed. > > If you can see a Network Connect Icon, put your mouse on it, what does it say ? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
