Upgraded FC4 to FC5 - no access to internet

philbrog at ptd.net philbrog at ptd.net
Mon May 28 16:55:54 UTC 2007


> Hi,
> > Does FC5 come with a default ipchains or firewall setup that may be 
> > preventing me from accessing the internet?
> >
> > Any other ideas?  I'm sure I'll need to provide more info but not sure 
what 
> > to provide at this point, so I'll wait for requests for more info.  
Thanks!
> >   
> My first guess would be that something went wrong with the dns. Check,
> if you are really not connected to the internet (ask your router) and
> check, if you can ping a common internet adress (72.14.221.99,
> Google.com). If yes, have a closer look at /etc/resolv.conf, if there
> are any dns entrys.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Florian
> 


Thanks for the quick reply, looks like you're spot on.

FC5 box can successfully ping 72.14.221.99.

Here's my /etc/resolv.conf:

search phildomain
nameserver 127.0.0.1

"phildomain" is my home network domain name.

Next steps?  Thanks again for your time.




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