There are a few things to check. 1. Is your connection set to use DHCP in the network settings dialog? This is the most likely culprit. Once DHCP is selected, everything should work. 2 If DHCP is selected and things still don't work, are you getting an IP address? To check, open a terminal and type "/sbin/ifconfig" then press enter. If you have a valid IP address, you should see inet 10.x.x.x, where x stands for a number. 3. If you have an IP address as described above, is your default route set up correctly? from the terminal, type "netstat -rn" and press enter. You should see a line with 0.0.0.0 10.x.x.x in there. It might also say default 10.x.x.x, where x is a number. The 10.x.x.x is not the same as your IP address. In my case, I show 10.4.54.1 for this step. 4. If all that is correct, we need to check the /etc/resolv.conf file to see which nameservers are defined. It should contain the following two lines: nameserver 10.8.0.2 nameserver 10.8.0.26
You can add those DNS entries in the DNS tab of the networking dialog if you need to. If things still aren't working, then more digging will have to be done. Good luck! On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 16:44 -0700, Austin Smith wrote: > Hey, I have Ubuntu and on BYU campus I can connect to the network > byuc0ug4rs, it says the strength is high etc. and its all good. But > if I try to open Firefox, it always gives me a "cannot find server" > error instead of redirecting me to the authentication page (where you > put in your NetID and password) like it does in Windows. I have tried > going manually to the authentication page > ( http://connect.app.byu.edu, I believe) but it gives me the same > error message. Any ideas? Thanks > > Austin > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
