[Gllug] Networking SUSE and Windows

[Xander D Harkness]

Tom Trainer wrote:

>I have a Compaq running Windows with a cable modem Internet connection,
>and a Dell running SUSE Linux.  I can ping the Dell from the Compaq and
>vice versa, and I have pinged external IP addresses from the Linux
>machine via the Windows machine.  However, I cannot get any connection
>to the internet with Konqueror or Kmail.
>
>When I do a route, I get:
>
>Destination	Gateway	Genmask	Flags	etc. etc.
>192.168.00	*		255.255.255.0	U	etc. etc.
>eth0
>default	Compaq.msho	0.0.0.0		UG	etc. etc.	eth0
>
>and when I do a traceroute, I get as far as 192.168.0.1, and then it
>just shows me asterisks on all subsequent lines.
>
>Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
>
>
>
>  
>
It looks like you are using XP.  XP in my experience blocks pings, which 
is a naive attempt at security.  It is probably blocking the traceroute 
traffic too.

Is you DNS resolution working properly on the Linux box?  What happens 
if you do 'dig yahoo.com'  If you do not get a load of IP addresses, you 
cannot email or browse as the clients cannot resolve their names.

Can you send email from the command line?  I am sure you have an 
external email account.

try 'dig your.emaildomain.com'

telnet primarymx.emaildomain.com 25
mailserver response
ehlo hereiam


By getting to this stage you will at least be able to see that you can 
communicate okay.

You might also want to try browsing to an IP address as it might be that 
your dns resolution is failing (which may have shown when you tried to dig)

If the dig does not work, check which name servers you have in 
/etc/resolv.conf  (note these need to be IPs, not names)  You could try 
putting 80.234.135.41 (I run an open recursive name server) in as the 
first one if your ISPs nameservers are not working (I know that Telewest 
was having difficulty resolving on Thursday).

The other thing you can do is try browsing to an IP address

such as http://216.239.33.100

Kind regards
Xander

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