internet not working

[karatekid]

i recently installed fedora 9 on my pc in dual boot with windows.
internet was working fine with the live CD but it started problems after install.
some pages dont load at all(e.g. google, yahoo) while others take hell lot of a time to load.
however most of the time no pages load even though it shows connected status.
since yesterday the connection has failed to connect altogether showing
"device unmanaged."

[marcrblevins]

Boot to Windows, does it work there?
If yes, then go back to your Fedora and setup the DNS ip address properly. Unless you have router up front.

[karatekid]

in windows it is working perfectly.
i tried seting up the DNS server but still no change.
besides i am also able to ping my server(192.168.1.2)

[page0117]

Can you ping a wan ip? Can you ping a non-cached hostname?

[karatekid]

sorry but i dont know of wan ip and non-cached hostnames.
if you could please give me some ip to ping it would be of great help

[stevea]

Post the result of the following commands:
su -
ip addr show
ip route show
cat /etc/resolv.conf


Most probably you'll want to compare the nameserver in resolv.conf to the one you have on Windows when you type a 'ipconfig' command at a DOS command line.

[karatekid]

Post the result of the following commands:
su -
ip addr show
ip route show
cat /etc/resolv.conf


Most probably you'll want to compare the nameserver in resolv.conf to the one you have on Windows when you type a 'ipconfig' command at a DOS command line.



C:\>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1



the output of
cat /etc/resolv.conf

;generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
nameserver 192.168.1.1


when i ran the other two comands it just showed comand not found

[marko]

/sbin/ip addr show

/sbin/ip route show


apparently you did "su"
instead of "su -"

(the dash is important for setting up the environment)

[mbaker824]

C:\>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1



the output of
cat /etc/resolv.conf

;generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
nameserver 192.168.1.1


when i ran the other two comands it just showed comand not found


To see the configured DNS addresses in Windows you need to use 'ipconfig /all'. According to resolv.conf, Fedora thinks you're running a DNS server on 192.168.1.1 - are you? If not, that probably explains your problem, in which case we'd need to know more about your network setup.

Mark

[mark-b]

Stupid windows (XP) will turn the NIC off when you shut windows down. Some lame powersave feature. I had this same problem.

Open Local Area Connections, Configure the NIC. Power Management tab. Uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power". (Duh..never turn off a NIC and hide it).

Also if I recall correctly, Advanced tab, Wake on settings need to be enabled or wake on Magic packet.

I had to dig quite a while before I found this lame XP "feature".

[cwchen]

Stupid windows (XP) will turn the NIC off when you shut windows down. Some lame powersave feature. I had this same problem.

Open Local Area Connections, Configure the NIC. Power Management tab. Uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power". (Duh..never turn off a NIC and hide it).

Also if I recall correctly, Advanced tab, Wake on settings need to be enabled or wake on Magic packet.

I had to dig quite a while before I found this lame XP "feature".


You are right ,so stupid windows

[karatekid]

thanx a lot for your help
but i have switched over to ubuntu. Things seem far more simpler now
and yes the internet does work perfectly now

[hyperspace]

thanx a lot for your help
but i have switched over to ubuntu. Things seem far more simpler now
and yes the internet does work perfectly nowYeah, Ubuntu is a lot simpler than other Linux distributions. But how will you know how to fix it, if it breaks. :)

[karatekid]

Yeah, Ubuntu is a lot simpler than other Linux distributions. But how will you know how to fix it, if it breaks. :)
couldn't get what you wanted to say
i mean is it that ubuntu can't be fixed and fedora can.???
Well i know nothing about linux as of now and entirely rely on forums to rescue me

[hyperspace]

IMHO. If you are going to use any Linux distribution, you need to try and work through problems and not jump to another distribution because it it easier or simpler. I have used more different distributions of Linux. I can't think of any that have got the better of me, if I didn't give up trying.

And I will agree with you 100% that forums like this and others are a gold mine of information and knowledge.

[karatekid]

agreed that switching to another distro is not the right decision but i decided to start linux with ubuntu (coz its simpler ) and then move on with other distros

[mbaker824]

agreed that switching to another distro is not the right decision but i decided to start linux with ubuntu (coz its simpler ) and then move on with other distros

When I make recommendations for people just starting out with Linux, I usually recommend Ubuntu, Mint, or PCLinuxOS, because they're simpler and therefore easier for newbies to get started with, so I think you made a wise choice. There is plenty you can learn from using Ubuntu, and it's a lot easier to learn initially when you aren't facing a serious problem. My advice is learn your way around the file system, a bit about the command line, and how system startup works, then try another distro if you like.

Mark