do you have a good reason to be using the 2 routers? i am only guessing, as this seems to have stumped the examination of a number of experienced posters to this list, that the 2 routers is the problem. and because you say you have little networking knowledge and your current arrangement is not the simplest to get working. i am suggesting a simplification in the first instance to see if you can get success at that point.
if this was one of the first things you tried, you may still have had other routing / dns issues that have subsequently been altered. you would in effect need to go back to square one with just the d-link or just the linksys router, and once again go through the troubleshooting steps again, ie post the output of ifconfig -a and route -n, and cat /etc/resolv.conf Matthew Whiting wrote: > actually one of the first things I tried. i have even less connectivity if > i connect straight into the d-link router e.g. can't ping google.co.nz. I > can still ftp though. > > >> earlier in the thread you said that you have 2 routers on your network. >> you are connected to a linksys router that is giving you the 192.168 >> range (the linksys default), which is then connected to a d-link router >> that is giving your machine the 10.1.1.1 for name resolution (the d-link >> default) goes to the phone jack (so providing your connection to the >> internet). i'm sure that such an arrangement could be made to work but >> it is perhaps the reason why there is the current difficulty. >> >> can you just (as a temporary measure) plug straight in to the d-link >> router instead, leaving the linksys router out of the equation? i >> suspect that at that point it will all just work if you are using dhcp, >> if so you can progress from there. >> >> Cheers, >> Roger >> >> >> >> Matthew Whiting wrote: >> >>> no, I can't browse the web either. so, can ftp and ping (for example >>> google.co.nz) but thunderbird, firefox, apt-get (using either synaptic >>> or >>> console) all hang when trying to connect.. >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> HI Matthew, >>>> >>>> Let me get this right, >>>> >>>> you CAN FTP to places. >>>> >>>> You CANT apt-get anything >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Can you browse the web? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If you can browse the web and ftp but CANT apt-get I think I know what >>>> >>>> >>> the problem is.. >>> >>> >>>> Campbell McKenzie >>>> ICT Broker >>>> NZGlobal Consulting >>>> PO Box 19770 >>>> Woolston >>>> Christchurch 8241 >>>> T: 03 977 9619 >>>> F: 03 977 9617 >>>> M: 021 2255 025 >>>> 0800 NZGlobal >>>> W: www.nzglobal.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > >
