Re: peculiar problem: ping works, but cannot browse. Need help of network gurus.

From: H. S. (g_reate_xcalibur_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/26/03 

Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:33:43 -0400

/dev/rob0 wrote:
> In article <3F218CDF.713E7AEF@yahoo.com>, HS wrote:
>
>>I tied making it "yes", but in this case I couldn't even ping, and ppp0 was never
>>established successfully :(
>
>
> Without ppp0 of course you won't get anywhere. pppd has a "debug" option
> which might help you figure out why the connection is failing. Where the
> debug output goes varies by distro, depending on settings in
> /etc/syslog.conf.
>
>
>>So, it seems like PEERDNS=yes just causes more problems. With "no" optoin, I can
>>browse the web by using IP address, but not domain names.
>
>
> You can manually edit your /etc/resolv.conf, too, if you know you have
> good nameservers to put in it. But it's pointless if the PPP fails.
>
>
>>Thanks for your hints though. You probably have no idea how I am feeling having to
>>depend on Windows to solve this problem :-)
>
>
> Ah, not true. Not at all. I went through it in 1999; later for almost a
> year I was stuck behind a Windows proxy. I know what pain is. :)

Hi Rob,

It is working !!!!!!!!!!!!

Just for the record, for others too who may be having this problem now
or in future, I was able to ping IP addresses but was not able to browse
the net using domain names. The problem was that /etc/resolv.conf was
not readable by others and groups. I changed it's permissions and pinged
www.google.com successfully. And then I tried browsing with Mozilla, and
felt the sweet taste of success when the page loaded, not to mention the
sudden receding of the feeling that I might go crazy soon if this
problem is not get resloved :) soon.

I suspect it was the GUI that changed the permissins. I will now
investigate this fully.

THanks for your help though. Your suggestions and hints were almost like
a lifeline :)

->HS 

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