Internet access problem

[R Page-Jones]

Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> R Page-Jones:
>> Markus Schönhaber wrote:
>>     
>>> Since you can connect to the router, your network interface obviously
>>> has been assigned an IP address.
>>> Does (on the command line)
>>> ping -c 2 91.189.90.41
>>> show replies while
>>> ping -c 2 www.ubuntu.com
>>> does not? If so, post the contents of /etc/resolv.conf.
>>> The output of the command
>>> route -n
>>> might be useful too.
>>>       
>
>   
>> PING 91.189.90.41 (91.189.90.41) 56(84) bytes of data.
>> 64 bytes from 91.189.90.41: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=74.9 ms
>> 64 bytes from 91.189.90.41: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=75.4 ms
>>     
>
> Good, your router forwards packets sent by your machine to the internet
> and vice versa.
>
>   
>> robin at robin-desktop:~$ ping -c 2 www.ubunti.com
>> PING www.ubunti.com (64.20.60.106) 56(84) bytes of data.
>> 64 bytes from www.ubunti.com (64.20.60.106): icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=143 ms
>> 64 bytes from www.ubunti.com (64.20.60.106): icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=142 ms
>>     
>
> Good. Name resolution seems to work too.
> BTW: I was talking about www.ubuntu.com and not www.ubunti.com. And the
> interesting thing is, I don't get ping replies from www.ubunti.com while
> you do. Obviously your internet works even better than mine ;-)
>
>   
>> robin at robin-desktop:~$  /etc/resolv.config
>>     
>
> It's /etc/resolv.conf, which is simply a text file. Opening it in a text
> editor and pasting it's contents would be enough.
>  /etc/resolv.conf   came back with "no permission" but cat /etc/resolv.con
> gave this result: # Generated by NetworkManager nameserver 192.168.1.1

> robin at robin-desktop:~$ route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use 
> Iface
> 192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     1      0        0 eth0
> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
>   
>
> That also looks reasonable to me.
>
>   
>> Putting foo.bar in the domain search box didn't have any effect. The 
>> "apply" button stayed greyed out. I must be doing something wrong here 
>> but I can't see what!
>>     
>
> I was wondering about that but you sounded so sure. As I explained, the
> search domain is not something which is not technically necessary to
> make a network connection work. Therefore I see no reason why no
> information in this field should cause the Apply button to stay greyed
> out. What information did you not enter in this dialogue either?
>   
I put in an ip address for the computer (192.168.1.6), the Netmask 
(255.255.255.0), the gateway (192.168.1.1)
and the Primary DNS supplied by my ISP (212.135.1.36)
> Anyway, all the information you provided above seems to indicate that
> your network connection is working perfectly well. So you should
> probably explain what *exactly* you're talking about when you say "I
> cannot access the internet". What exactly are you doing? What exactly is
> the result of this action (error message, ...)?
>   
Looking at the desktop:
Mouse arrow on the small "connection" icon at top RHS of screen shows 
"Wired network connection Auto eth0 active"
Clicking the Firefox icon brings up the Welcome to Ubunto 9.10 screen. 
Clicking on any of the links has no effect.
Trying google  (top RHS)  with some word  has no effect.
Putting a known URL in the Firefox address has no effect.

Your help much appreciated.


Rob