can't connect to Internet - DNS?

[Tom H]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Jacob Mansfield <cyberjacob at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 Nov 2012, at 7:10AM, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> What's the output of:
>>
>> aptitude search -F "%c %a %M %30p %10t %20v %20V"
>> "?or(dnsmasq,network-manager,resolvconf)"
>>
>> ps -ef | grep dhc
>
> A better one to try first might be
>
> ping 8.8.8.8

The network isn't a problem! In what way does "ping 8.8.8.8" test dns?!