can ping local computers but not www

noops · n00b Joined: 10 Dec 2002 Posts: 9

I have an ECS K75A (or whatever it is) with onboard LAN. I ran net-setup and told it to use DHCP to automatically set it up. I tested the connection by pinging google and other sites but 'host not found'. I can ping other computers on my network though just fine. I am guessing the problem lies in the router. I am not sure how to setup gentoo to connect to the internet through the router. I have a netgear rp114 router if that helps.

Debian seems to work alright and I tried to compare the settings it had with what gentoo had but with no luck. I am rather new to linux so I may have been looking in the wrong places. I am stuck so any help is appreciated.

-noops

splooge · l33t Joined: 30 Aug 2002 Posts: 636

What does netstat -nr report?

Maybe you didn't uncomment the gateway line in /etc/conf.d/net

noops · n00b Joined: 10 Dec 2002 Posts: 9

i seem to remember uncommenting that line, but I will try the netstat thing.

mrchuckles · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 2:22 am Post subject:

This could be a name resolution issue. What does your /etc/resolv.conf look like?

noops · n00b Joined: 10 Dec 2002 Posts: 9

the resolv.conf is empty, no text at all

mrchuckles · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 2:46 am Post subject:

Well, that's your problem, then. Try to do a 'dhcpcd eth0', and then check it again. If it's still empty, then your DHCP server (probably your router) isn't handing out DNS information with the address lease. Check with your ISP for the IP addresses of your name servers. Put them in the resolv.conf like so:

noops · n00b Joined: 10 Dec 2002 Posts: 9

Thanks for all the suggestions. Look like it was a dns problem because I could ping google's ip. After doing 'dhcpcd eth0' it is all working now. Now i am re-encouraged to get this gentoo installed.

-noops