[ale] Linspire 5.0 Internet Connection

[Roger Hammons]

Jim,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I think it is a DNS issue (doh!).

While connected I was able to ping an IP address (as `12.65.4.39')
but NOT a name (as 'www.yahoo.com').

SOMEWHERE in Linspire I saw references to identifying a DNS (via some
setup wizard which I didn't use) if necessary(?).  I thought the ISP 
always provided DNS service automatically, I've never had to do anything 
about it before.  Apparently that's NOT happening in this case.  And I 
haven't been able to re-find what I think I read earlier.


Thanks to you I think that's the problem, but I'm still stuck.  Any
more ideas?

Roger


> On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 15:00 -0500, Roger Hammons wrote:
> > I recently bought a Fry's Linspire computer.
> > 
> > I'm having trouble with the browser and my internet connection.  
> > 
> > I'm sure I'm connected (debug window confirms connect, kppp 
> > window shows connection and activity, ps shows kppp running) 
> > but the browser can't open any locations - it's like it doesn't 
> > recognize there's a connection.
> 
> Could it be a DNS issue?   Try pinging www.yahoo.com to check both DNS
> and connectivity.
> 
> hth,
> 
> -Jim P.
>