[Wylug-help] Linux broadband woes!

[Jim Jackson]

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, tom smith wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having a bizarre (to me!) problem with my broadband connection.
> I'm currently dual booting WinXP/SuSE 8.2 Pro and connect the internet via a
> Netgear ADSL Modem/Router (DM602).
>
> The internet connection is set up as DHCP over ethernet to the above router.
>
> My problem is the internet connection works fine in both OS's, so long as i
> boot up in windows first! If i boot to Linux first i get no internet
> although the device's IP address is set up by the DHCP, i can ping the
> router and use the web interface on the router.

has your linux setup got a defualt route? Use the /sbin/route command.
Should have an entry with a destination of "default".

If it hasn't then set one up - not sure how you do in in Suse, but to test
do this as root

 # route add default gw ip_address_adsl_router

then try and connect out.

If the default route was there and correct then can you connect using just
numeric IP addresses? If so then check that the /etc/resolv.conf file is
set up correctly.

 >
> This has totally confused me, and is really annoying as i'm trying to use
> Linux more than Windows now i'm becoming more confident.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tom
>
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