Fedora 9 - networking not functioning properly

[Aaron Gray]

> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at  1:24 PM, Aaron Gray wrote:
>
>>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 09:06:19PM +0100, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have Fedora 9 installed and updated some time ago. I once booted it 
>>>> up without the network cable installed and not networking is not 
>>>> functioning properly. Ping works but DNS and HTTP do not.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know whats wrong ?
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise I will have to reinstall fom scratch !
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> Aaron
>>>>
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>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>
>>> have you checked iptables? did you ping a domain name or just ip's?
>>> have you tried lynx and/or firefox for http?
>>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> I tried FF to start with, no joy.
>>
>> Then logged in as root and tried '/sbin/service network restart', that 
>> all looked okay.
>>
>> Then ping'ed 192.168.0.1, that was okay.
>>
>> Then tried 'nsloookup www.google.com'
>>
>> and 'whois www.google.com'
>>
>> Both failed.
>>
>> I am getting a 'network' symbol up on the top right of gnome next to my 
>> name with a red and white cross.
>>
>> Clicking on it gives me a grayed out "Wired Network" option.
>>
>> Firewall rules look okay as far as I can tell.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>
> The cross icon indicates you have no network connection.  The Greyed out 
> "Wired Network" sounds like it is the header text in the NetworkManager 
> application.   What do you see if you right click on that icon? Is there a 
> check mark beside the entry labled "Enable Networking"?

Okay "Enable Networking" is ticked !

Okay I have done "Edit Connections" and added a connection, typing in eth0's 
MAC address and its now working fine.

Thanks alot, I did not think to right click on the icon !

Aaron

Aaron