Subj : Re: active ethernet but internet do not work
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Benway
Date : Wed Aug 25 2004 05:52 pm

On 24 Aug 2004 14:39:45 -0700, lurch132002@yahoo.com (lurch13) wrote:

>i am a new linux user and i just installed redhat 9 on my home
>computer.  i tried to connect to the internet and at first had an
>error that said: "determining ip information for eth0...failed" i then
>connected another computer to find the ip address, subnet mask and
>gateway and manually put them into the information for the ethernet
>address on the linux box.  when i open mozilla and try to connect to
>the web, it tells me that 'www.google.com cannot be opened' and a
>blank page appears.  i tried to connect to aim using linux's gaim but
>it said no connection could be opened.  is there any way for me to get
>this comp connected to the net?  any help is appreciated...thanks!

You may be connected to the internet but not have any DNS available.


Establish that you can ping or traceroute some public ips on the net
and if that works you're problem is probably your dns server setup.
Else it is probably the networking at your end.
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