ping: unknown host www.google.com

[pirate1]

So I'm installing Gentoo on my new computer and for some reason I can't ping web addresses.

Example: ping http://www.google.com
Output: "ping: unknown host www.google.com"

Yet I can still ping my LAN IP address

Example: ping 192.168.0.1
Output: "64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.006 ms"

This shows that my network card works but for some reason cannot access the WAN. (I think)

I'm pretty sure I have tried everything on the Configuring your Network page in the Gentoo handbook. I don't know where to go from here, any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[i92guboj]

Try a real ip, like 72.14.207.99

If that works, then your problem is DNS resolution. If this happens after you chroot, be sure you copy your /etc/resolv.conf file from the install root to the chrooted environment.

[pirate1]

No, that ip address didn't work Destination Host Unreachable...

[nihar2linux]

try pinging ping google.com

[i92guboj]

try pinging ping google.com

1.- That the first thing he tried.
2.- If it doesn't work by ip, it will definitely not work by dns.

pirate1, are you following the Gentoo handbook? Are your ethernet interfaces (or whatever interfaces you are using) up and working? Describe what have you done, if you are installing or have installed already, etc. etc. etc.

Check the output of ifconfig.

[jayd512]

Check the output of ifconfig.

Perfect place to start! Also, I notice you have a router IP address. Are you setting up for Static or DHCP?

[pirate1]

Okay, sorry I didn't go into detail sooner. I am in the process of installing Gentoo 2008.0 amd64 using livecd. The video drivers did not work so I am using the command prompt. I am using the Gentoo amd64 handbook as reference, but am stuck at "Installing the Gentoo Installation Files" because no internet.

The first thing I did was "net-setup eth0"

eth0
IP address: 192.168.0.1 (This may be wrong.)
Broadcast address: 192.168.0.255
Network mask: 255.255.255.0

(This is what allowed me to ping 192.168.0.1)

The next thing I did was "ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net"

Outputs list of drivers. I "modprobe" everything in blue (no extension) Some return "FATAL: Module wan not found."

The next thing I did was "ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 up"

Then I "route add default gw 65.3.130.1"
Which outputs "SIOCADDRT: No such process"

Thats about it. I don't know what went wrong?

EDIT: I am setting up for whatever I can get. I tried DHCP and it didn't work.

[pirate1]

Okay I got it working thanks all.

[jayd512]

Just to help out others who may come across the thread, can you post what your solution was?

[pirate1]

Sure thing, rather than using wireless, I plugged in my ethernet cable and ran net-setup eth0 and dhcpcd eth0.