Re: ping works, browser does not

From: Geno Timlin (gtimlin_N0SPAM_at_speakeasy.net)
Date: 07/14/03 

Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:34:53 -0400

"Jim Fischer" <jfischer_link5809@now.here.com> wrote in message
news:IamQa.16254$_K5.5176@fe01.atl2.webusenet.com...
> Geno Timlin wrote:
> > I have two Windows machines, a Redhat 9 box and an Mac iBook running OS
X
> > 10.2.
> > The machines are hooked into a LinkSys BEFW11S4 wireless DSL/Cable
router.
> > All computers can ping each other and can share files and printers over
the
> > LAN.
> > The Windows boxes have no problem getting through the router onto the
> > internet.
> > The Red Hat and iBook can ping internet hosts both by name and IP, but
> > neither can access any host through any web applications (browser,
email,
> > FTP, etc).
> >
> > The fact that I can "ping", "dig" and "host" any internet host by name
tells
> > me it's not a DNS problem. I have to think that it's a routing problem.
> >
> > netstat -r :
> > Kernel IP routing table
> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> > Iface
> > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
> > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
lo
> > default linksys 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
eth0
> >
> > /etc/resolve.conf :
> > nameserver 192.168.1.1
>
> This doesn't look right. I assume this IP address is the LinkSys
> router's internal IP address. Is the LinkSys router *really* functioning
> as a DNS name server for your internal LAN? If not, you should change
> this IP address to the IP address of your ISP-assigned DNS name server.
> For example, if the IP address of your ISP-assigned DNS name server is
> 1.2.3.4, then the nameserver record in the 'resolv.conf' file should be
>
> nameserver 1.2.3.4
>
> >
> > /etc/sysconfig/network :
> > NETWORKING=yes
> > HOSTNAME=icarus
> > GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
> > GATEWAYDEV=eth0
> > NOZEROCONF=yes
> >
> >
> > The only change I made was to change NOZEROCONF=no to =yes. I did that
to
> > keep the 169.254 route from being added to my routing table at bootup.
> >
> > I have turned off iptables (service iptables stop) and ipchains module
is
> > not loaded.
> >
> > I don't know what to do next. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> Jim
>
> To reply by email, remove "link" and change "now.here" to "yahoo"
> jfischer_link5809{at}now.here.com
>
>

The reason it says "default linksys" in the routing table is that I added
the router's IP address to my hosts file under that name. The IP would be
192.168.1.1

I still don't believe this to be a DNS problem. If I do "host google.com"
it gives me google.com's IP address. That's a DNS look up, right? What I
can't do is "wget http://www.google.com" .

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