Internet through the Evil Empire, using Linux??? Sounds like the beginnings of a long, strange and frustrating experience. I think you get the Modem free from QWorst no matter who you choose as your ISP, might want to go with a more Linux friendly ISP like Xmission instead of M$N.
On 1/30/06, C. Ed Felt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jake Pollmann wrote: > > On 1/30/06, C. Ed Felt [1]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To anyone willing or able to help: > 1. Can't browse the web in Mozilla or Opera. The first page or two > comes up fine, then getting time outs after a while or it just > keeps trying to load the page eternally. > 2. GAIM cannot connect to MSN messenger or AIM but can connect to > Yahoo. > 3. Konqueror internet browsing works fine (but I need Mozilla/Opera > for some work web sites :-( ). > 4. Thunderbird can't connect to or download new email. > > > I have felt the same pain and it was due to my Actiontec DSL modem's > shifty DNS server. Despite trying to override the settings in the > modems interface, it always includes itself in the list of DNS servers > assigned by DHCP. > > My cure was to assign the nameservers manually and not use DHCP on my > non-Windows gear. > > Ignore me if the Actiontec hunch is not correct. > > Jake > > > > Issues (really just one issue) resolved. > I forgot to mention I had all ready tried all the stuff mentioned by > everyone else (using ps to make sure firewall and selinux disabled, > trying ping, traceroute etc). Some apps worked (IP dependent) and > some did not (DNS lookup for IP dependent). Jake had the right idea. > I did not have this issue before switching to DSL and the MSN (really > Action Tech) "better" way of doing DNS for Windoze clients. > Statically configuring IP and DNS settings on the Laptop did the > trick. My desktop (really web server) never had the issue because it > all ready was statically configured. No more issues now. I put away > the shot gun that was aimed at the FC4 CDs. Too bad I can't take a > shot gun to my DSL router, but alas, free is always the right price > for me. > Another question, before I devise some strange way of copying network > settings with scripts for when I am on a home network verses on a > "real" network. Is there an easy way to auto change network configs? > This would need to apply to hard wired as well as wireless. > NetworkManager seems to lack the ability to have several network > configs for all network types (including DNS, ip, mask, default > gateway, dynamic vs static etc). > Thanks for the fast and thorough answers, > Ed Felt > > References > > 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
