Are radical changes needed for Desktop Linux?

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On 7/10/05, John Skaller <skaller at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> To see if you are online, you should use the ping command.
> First you should try this:
> ping 82.211.81.130

strangely , there is no output at all, and the cursor just keeps blinking. 
Can an ISP ban pinging?


 
> ping www.ubuntu.com

first it gave this output :
--- ubuntu.com ping statistics ---
22 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 20996ms
                                                           ^^^  
when i tried again , cursor just kept blinking.

 
> If that works, you're up and running!
> If not, your problem is with DNS, not with internet
> connectivity, and editing /etc/resolv.conf is
> the right thing to do: mine says:

i can surf online even if the ping command does not work ....so i
assume pinging has been stopped by the ISP.


 
> nameserver 192.231.203.132
> nameserver 192.231.203.3
> domain wigram
> 
> Of course use your ISP's nameservers here.

Without editing the resolv.conf file , http://66.102.7.99/  works but
if i try  http://www.google.com ,  it does not !
If it is a DNS problem, is it because my ISP does not give static addresses.  
How can i solve this issue ? 

btw, for the DNS problem do i need to edit any of the following files ?
/sbin/rc.d
/etc/host
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth0 

thanks,
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