Hate to give up

John Heinen hensandpat at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 2 04:51:43 UTC 2009


NoOp wrote:
> On 06/01/2009 01:47 PM, Ray Leventhal wrote:
>   
>> <big snip>
>>     
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>> $ ping 74.125.57.100
>>> 64 bytes from 74.125.67.100 56(84)bytes of data
>>> 64 bytes from 74.125.57 100 1cmp seq 1 ttl=51 time 180 ms
>>> and so on and on
>>>
>>> $ping 209.85.171.100
>>> 64 bytes from 209.85.171.100 1cmp seq =1 ttl=24 time =199ms and so on and on
>>>
>>> it seems to me that the internet connection with my provider is working
>>> just fine and that the problem lies with firefox. John
>>>
>>>       
>> Actually, as you're able to ping by IP address but not by host name, the 
>> problem most likely lies with your DNS configuration.
>>
>> Would you please post the output of this command?
>>
>> cat /etc/resolv.conf
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ray
>>
>>     
>
> And use your isp's dns servers:
>
> http://kb.earthlink.net/case.asp?article=28968
> If your software requires DNS server settings, use: 207.69.188.185,
> 207.69.188.186, and 207.69.188.187
>
> You can modify /etc/resolv.conf from a terminal:
>
> $ gksu gedit /etc/resolv.conf
>
> then enter:
> nameserver 207.69.188.185
> nameserver 207.69.188.186
> nameserver 207.69.188.186
> and save the file.
>
> Now try to ping yahoo.com and google.com.
>
>
>
>
>   
We used pppconfig and was advised to leave the set up "Provider" alone
but did enter te rest such as modem, phone #, etc.
but no dns numbers




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