new install of 9.10 can connect to local network but not internet

[babag]

can ping router but not www.google.com or 74.125.45.100.

can connect to samba shares on the mac and pc in the local network.

when i try to ping www.google.com i get 'unknown host.'
when i try to ping 74.125.45.100 i get 'network is unreachable.'

resolv.conf has the same nameservers as the mac and pc, both of which can
reach the internet without issue.

any ideas?

thanks,
BabaG

[oshunluvr]

Re: new install of 9.10 can connect to local network but not internet

usually routing issue caused by kdenetworkmanager.

check route with route -n in a terminal

stuart@office:/etc/rc2.d$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination   Gateway     Genmask     Flags Metric Ref  Use Iface
192.168.1.0   0.0.0.0     255.255.255.0  U   0   0    0 bond0
169.254.0.0   0.0.0.0     255.255.0.0   U   1000  0    0 bond0
0.0.0.0     192.168.1.1   0.0.0.0     UG  100  0    0 bond0

see last line gateway is my router address

[babag]

Re: new install of 9.10 can connect to local network but not internet

thanks oshunluvr. looks like you're on to something.

route -n says my destination is 192.168.1.0 and gateway is 0.0.0.0

my router's address is 192.168.1.1. should that be what the destination should say?
how do i change it?

thanks,
BabaG

[oshunluvr]

Re: new install of 9.10 can connect to local network but not internet

I never got knetworkmanager to work right so I removed it. The command to manually add a default gateway is

sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1 eth0

This will not withstand a reboot. Also, it still may not work because of networkmanager.

Do some web searching on the kde networkmanager and gateway - you might find out how to fix it.

[babag]

Re: new install of 9.10 can connect to local network but not internet

thanks again, oshunluvr.

i got the internet working by editing /etc/networking/interfaces
which had incorrect info in it. in doing so, however, i've now lost
my connection to samba shares. in dolphin i can click the left-pane
network icon and get its various options.

if i click the network icon that appears, i see the mac pro on the
network. if i click that, i see various options, including samba.
clicking the samba options produces nothing but an error that it
could not connect.

if i click the samba shares option that appears after a left-pane
network icon click, i see an icon for mshome, the workgroup for
the local network. clicking the mshome icon produces nothing, not
even an error.

the pc on the network does not appear at all when clicking the left-
pane network icon.

i am able to ping both the mac pro and the pc.

sigh.

BabaG

[Snowhog]

Re: new install of 9.10 can connect to local network but not internet

Mark this thread SOLVED and start a new topic concerning your 'new' problem with SAMBA.