<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> I have ubuntu 8.1 on my laptop and installed fedora 11 on my desktop. I checked all my settings on fedora against ubuntu and they are the same. fedora says there is a connection but firefox says it is unable to locate the server and system update says problem connecting to software source. is there a command I can issue in the terminal that will allow internet access. I am not real famlar with terminal commands. Thanks > Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:32:01 -0400 > From: mhaney@ercbroadband.org > To: fedora-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: help > > rgheck wrote: > > On 08/27/2009 11:43 AM, Brian Bentley wrote: > >> I installed fedora 11 and I can't get online. It detects the Internet > >> connection and says it is established but firefox will not connect > >> neither will the system update. Is there something I need to do in the > >> terminal to make it go online. I have a dsl connection. I had to > >> revert back to ubuntu to get online. Any help would be appreciated. > >> > > It ought just to connect. > > > > > > > Choose "Edit connections". Select the connection you want to use and > > choose "Edit". Make sure "Connect automatically" is checked. Check the > > IPv4 settings, and make sure they are right for your network. > > > > rh > > > > > > Yet another reason that Network Manager needs to go away. It's a giant > PITA. > > > > > -- > Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum > > Mark Haney > Sr. Systems Administrator > ERC Broadband > (828) 350-2415 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines <hr />With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/Desktop/PhotoGallery' target='_new'>Click here.</a></body> </html>