Re: [newbie] Using Internet

[Milos Prudek]

Gil Katz wrote:

If I'm using the Ethernet card I can ping the gateway but when I use the
modem I cannot.

Are you using IP address of the gateway, or hostname?

If IP address ping does not work: you may have incorrect route. Check with the "route" command.

If hostname ping does not work, but IP address ping works: your route is OK, but you have DNS problems. Check /etc/resolv.conf.

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Milos Prudek

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