I tried to ftp out to my other website thats hosted by
another company and I get a name resolution error. I
will go and check out your suggestion. btw, I have
disabled wep on my router and my wireless usb stick is
setup in the access list.
-Alex
--- Tom Corr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 22 January 2006 19:24, Alex Bartonek
> wrote:
> if you can ping other computers on "your" network
> using the wireless, then
> your wireless must be configured alright. if this
> is so, i would look on my
> router, to see if it has the dhcp servers listed
> from my isp. i know, i use
> a cable modem with a linksys router, and my isp's
> nameservers are actually
> stored in my router. this is how the dhcp client
> obtains the dns entries for
> my /etc/resolv.conf file. i would then make sure
> that the isp's listed in
> my /etc/resolve.conf match the ones stored in my
> router.
>
> if all of this checks out fine, then perhpas there
> could be an issue with your
> router not allowing your traffice to pass to the
> internet? could there be a
> security setting within your router thats blocking
> your ip traffic?
>
> tom
> > while I realize you're trying to help..but
> searching
> > suse's support portal without knowing the keywords
> to
> > find that article really doesnt help. :/
> > thx
> >
> > --- jeffrey franc-law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > I had this same problem. For me, it had to do
> > with the DHCP, which wasactivated for the wired
> > network but not the wireless. I can't
> rememberexactly
> > what I did, but the explaination was really good
> on
> > the susesupport portal.
> >
> > ciao,
> > jfl
> >
> >
> > Frank Edwards wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 January 2006 1:00 pm, Alex Bartonek
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > well I somewhat got the built-in wireless
> > recognizedbut didnt really mess with it enough to
> get
> > itworking. I bought a gigabyte technology usb
> > stick.Its setup through yast (SuSE 10), with the
> wep
> > key,channel, essid etc. With kwifimanager it
> shows I
> > amconnected, I get a IP address assigned..I can
> > pingother machines on my network but I cant
> connect to
> > theinternet. Is there something I missed? It has
> > workedbefore but never automatically on
> bootup.Alex
> >
> >
> > Basic networking:1. Do you have a link light --
> check
> > by looking at the plug where the cable is
> connected or
> > where the wifi card is? (An LED on the NIC that
> shows
> > you're connected to a switch, hub, or another
> > computer.)2. Do you have an IP address -- check
> with
> > {/sbin/}ifconfig? (If you configured a static
> > address, then you should have one. Otherwise,
> there
> > might not be a DHCP server within broadcast range;
> > DHCP is a broadcast protocol and isn't
> automatically
> > forwarded through routers unless the router is
> told to
> > do so.)3. Do you have connectivity -- check with
> > {/bin/}ping? (With a static IP address, there's
> no
> > way to know what other addresses might be on the
> > network that you can check for. You can try
> running
> > {/usr/sbin/}tcpdump and scanning the output to see
> > what other IP addresses are out there. You'll
> need to
> > hit Ctrl-C to stop the command. With DHCP, your
> > machine has at least the IP address of the DHCP
> > server, so that's a good one to try. You can find
> > that information from /var/run/dhcpcd if you're
> using
> > the ISC DHCP client. I'm using ifplugd and I can't
> > find that information anywhere!? Problems here
> > include the general configuration of the IP stack,
> but
> > a common problem is a routing table entry that's
> > wrong. Key point: just because a packet can get
> from
> > machine A to machine B, doesn't mean it can get
> from
> > machine B to machine A! It depends on the routing
> > tables of both machines and all intermediate
> > points.)4. Does your DNS configuration resolve
> > hostnames correctly -- check with {/usr/bin/}host?
> > (Running the host command and providing a hostname
> > will tell if you your DNS is configured correctly.
> Do
> > not use ping (or similar) for this, because they
> will
> > check the local /etc/hosts file first (by default;
> see
> > /etc/nsswitch.conf) which means some names may
> resolve
> > from the /etc/hosts file while others won't.)5.
> Check
> > end-to-end connectivity -- can you connect to a
> web
> > server or ftp server? (Using telnet to check
> > connectivity to a particular web server takes the
> > browser out of the loop. Try running "telnet
> > web.server.name 80" to get to port 80 on the
> server.
> > You should see a "connected" message. Type some
> > garbage, such as "x", and hit Enter. You should
> get
> > an error message from the server. For computers
> > behind an proxy (active or passive), telnet may
> not
> > work because you may need to direct your
> connection to
> > the proxy server instead. If connecting to the
> proxy
> > works, go back to testing with the browser, since
> the
> > proxy protocols are complicated enough that I'm
> not
> > going to detail them here.)If all steps through
> step 5
> > are working, but your web browser or email still
> don't
> > work, run a network packet sniffer and monitor the
> > traffic. At this point, the problem is usually
> the
> > configuration of the client (browser, ftp,
> whatever),
> > but in a Windoze network it could also be
> connection
> > or authentication issues with a Windoze domain
> > controller (PDC or AD server). That's beyond the
> > scope of this message. :-)Good luck!
> >
> >
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