On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 10:11 -0700, jackson byers wrote: > >It'd be easier to follow this if you didn't abbreviate words so much > >that I have to guess at what you're referring to. > Will try not to use abbreviations at all. > > >My next guess is that the 10 digit key is a pass key for authenticating > >over an encrypted network, as many wireless links are, and should be. > >Unencrypted wireless, or inadequately encrypted, is a major security > >problem. > > >Perhaps that device comes with a preconfigured access key, rather than > >requiring you to enter your own personal keys into both sides of the > >connection (router, and client computers). > > I don't really understand your response here. > To repeat, the imac is working, apparently with full internet access, > via *wired* connection. The prior use of wireless internet on the imac, > has been turned off. > > >> Evidently necessary electronics parts needed for the uverse setup. > >> I only noticed them after the tech left. > > >Hmm, well, if you can't tell us what they are, we can't offer any advice > >about them. Whether they have anything to do with the issues, or not. > > >Are they power supplies for the rest of the devices, DSL/phone line > >separation filters, soemthing else? > > will try to get sensible answers from att, will reply on that later. > > > >> that 64.94.156.1 is no good, or stale, or??? > > >Is probably wrong. > > YES, sorry, 'just' a typo on my part, > it has always been 68.94.156.1 > which seems to say both of the DNS numbers I am using are valid. > > > >For what it's worth, sometimes you can find out the name servers for > >your ISP, by yourself. It's common for name servers to have a "ns" > >hostname in front of their domain name. So, if I wanted to find out the > >nameservers for a ficticious example.com ISP, I could try doing a query > >like: dig ns.example.com Likewise, I could try ns1.example.com or > >ns2.example.com, to see if they have other name servers, too. > > > But, like I said > >earlier on, if you have a wrong name server address in your resolv.conf > >file listed before it, you will have problems. > > >If you have wrong data in resolv.conf file, restarting NetworkManager > >may cause your system to set up the network connection again, and find > >out which DNS servers to use. It'll probably rewrite the resolv.conf > >file, and you can look for any changes to it. > > This now appears not so, i.e. the data in resolv.conf appear correct. > > bash-3.2$ dig ns1.pacbell.net > > ; <<>> DiG 9.6-ESV-R4-P3 <<>> ns1.pacbell.net > ;; global options: +cmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 2897 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;ns1.pacbell.net. IN A > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > pacbell.net. 7200 IN SOA ns1.pbi.net. postmaster.pbi.ne\ > t. 2012100300 3600 900 604800 7200 > > ;; Query time: 1071 msec > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.254#53(192.168.1.254) > ;; WHEN: Wed Oct 3 09:26:10 2012 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 88 > > Does this tell me anything? is ns1.pbi.net a DNS number I could/should use? > In addition to the two I now have? > > > > I did pull the new modem power cable, > after plugging back in the system took a while to come fully on. > No help on internet: > trying to start google chrome, still getting message invalid DNS. > > > It seems I don't need to correct faults in the DNS numbers, > so does it still make sense to restart NetworkManager? > Exactly how would I restart it? > -- chkconfig? > -- some systemd command? > > I did pull the new modem power cable, > after plugging back in the system took a while to come fully on. > No help on internet: > trying to start google chrome, still getting message invalid DNS. > > thanks much for your continuing responses. > Jack A simple disconnect and reconnect of your wired connection should renew it's IP address and /etc/resolv.conf else why not just reboot. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
