Cannot Surf Internet, but I can Ping

[Sasha Tsykin]

Kevin Purcell wrote:
> Just installed Ubuntu and am having the following problem.
>
> I opened Firefox and could not surf.  I entered my router's address and it
> is connected to the Internet.  So I tried pinging it and it sees the router
> and my network storage device.  So the network works.  I then tried pining
> (in terminal) the address of my ISP listed in the status page of my Linksys
> Router (it is a WRT54G).  It pinged okay without any packet loss.  A little
> slower than in Windows, but at least it works. Don't know any other Internet
> numeral addresses, so don't know if I can ping anything other than my ISP.
> I tired pinging yahoo.com and google.com and microsoft.com and all failed.
>
> Any idea how to fix this?
>
> Thanks
>
>   
It sounds like you can access your isp but not the rest of the www. Call 
your isp and complain. Maybe they can help you.

Sasha