Earthlink DSL failing to see Ubuntu

[Tony Arnold]

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 08:06 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

> I think you're onto something, Tony.  ping 82.211.81.130 does what it
> should yet ping www.ubuntu.com does nothing but time out.  
> Additionally, the contents of /etc/resolve.conf are rather meagre:
> 
> nameserver 172.16.0.254

That looks like an address which is probably your modem/router, IIRC?
That's OK, if the modem/router acts as a DNS server by effectively
passing DNS requests to your ISP. Alternatively, you could find the
addresses of the DNS servers for your ISP and configure manually using
the Gnome network config tool.

A quick dns lookup here suggest the name servers for earthlink.net are
207.69.188.197 and 207.69.188.196, but I'm guessing your ISPs domain!

> I'm beginning to see some light at the end of this tunnel.
> 
> Thanks!

You are welcome.

Regards,
Tony.
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