flaky residential router

[Thufir Hawat]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:02:42 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 23:43 +0000, Thufir Hawat wrote:
> 
>> It's more an oddity.  I can't see how or why I should be able to ping
>> the router, but not the internet and *yet* the "internet" is working
>> for other devices.  Finally, why would rebooting the computer fix the
>> connectivity in a way bringing the interfaces down and then up doesn't?
>> 
>> Hope that helped to explain it, and I didn't just muddy the waters!
> 
> What does your /etc/resolv.conf file contain? If it's empty, therein may
> lie the problem. Ric

Yes, it's empty.  I've read the wikipedia article on it, and am looking 
into it further.


thanks,

Thufir