the 192.168.1.1 in your resolv.conf file is the dns server that the server is using to resolve any domain names... comment out the dns1 entry in your eth conf file.. and restart by doing ifdown/ifup xxx whatever your eth/nic is... you should be ok.. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of William Case Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:01 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: Messed up my ISP/Networkmanager connection !? Hi Mikkel, Patrick and others On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 13:29 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > William Case wrote: > > > First problem; my 'hosts' file backup was recovered. So I think that was > > what I had. Every manual and the file itself said don't touch this file. > > I touched it. Did I get it back to its original shape? I tried > > replacing 127.0.0.1 with 192.168.1.3 which 'ifconfig' and 'hostname -va' > > say is my inet addr. (Why it is not 192.168.1.1 is a question for > > another day). > > > > My ifcfg-eth0 script says: > > # nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller > > DEVICE=eth0 > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > > HWADDR=00:1a:92:e5:dc:47 > > ONBOOT=yes > > DHCP_HOSTNAME=CASE > > NM_CONTROLLED=no > > TYPE=Ethernet > > DNS1=192.168.1.1 > > > > 'route' also lists the default as 192.168.1.1 not xxx.xxx.x.3 > > > If you are using DHCP, you usually do not want to specify your name > servers. (DNS1) > > Also, your default route should point to your gateway to the > Internet. If you are using a firewall/router, it should point to > that address. > > You may also want to look at /etc/resolv.conf and see what name > server(s) you have listed. > > I don't remember if you said, gut is your problem that you can not > connect using host names, but you can using IP addresses? > That is what seems to b happening. Xchat works and Evo starts off-line, but works when I put it back online it works fine. My browsers don't work at all. I get warnings to try again; that they are offline but won't go back online. > Also, is the network service running, or the NetworkManager service > running? Because the way you have ifcfg-eth0, it does not look like > NetworkManager is controlling it. > > service network status > service NetworkManager status ]$ service network status Configured devices: lo eth0 Currently active devices: lo eth0 ]$ service NetworkManager status NetworkManager (pid 2442) is running... ]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script nameserver 192.168.1.1 Re-read man resolv.conf " " On a normally configured system this file should not be necessary. The only name server to be queried will be on the local machine; the domain name is determined from the host name and the domain search path is constructed from the domain name." So who or what is 192.168.1.1? Can it be my cheapo router? My household network is simple. Cat5 lines leading from ever room in the house (bought the house that way) to the router; three computers in different rooms connected to the router; the router connected to the cable modem; and, out. > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3 Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
