[Wylug-help] Linux broadband woes!

[John Hodrien]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Jim Jackson wrote:

>
> 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.

But how would either of those explain why it would work in Linux if he went
into windows first?

jh

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