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Cannot connect to the net from linux

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saiyyar

saiyyar

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Jan 28, 2001
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hi people,
when i login to linux using a dial up i am able to get through the connection.but after this i am not able to open a single site.netscape just times out.also
i am not able to ping any site.
any ideas?
 
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Make sure that yoou have the network information in /etc configured. Files like resolv.conf, defaultrouter, defaultdomain, et cetera. Seeing that you can't ping anything, this may be the issue.

Before all of this crap you should try doing a 'ifconfig -a' and make sure your eth0 is alive.
 
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