Dns Issue - can ping/browse by ip not hostname

**Outpour** · 08-13-2004

After a fresh install of Fedora C2, and after configuring my ethernet card I discovered I could not use the internet. It turned out all I could do was not do anything with hostnames, IPs worked fine. Ie: www.google.com did not work but http://216.139.57.99 did.

How can I go about fixing this?

**kkubasik** · 08-13-2004

check to see your default DNS, if its one specific to your ISP, then you might want to try switching to a public one for a short while. If this is an ongoing issue, call your ISP but if its only temprary, they might be having server problems.

**Outpour** · 08-13-2004

My ISP has be automatically obtaining the DNS. I don't see an option for that

**kkubasik** · 08-13-2004

? uhh ok, that doesn't make alot of sense, but how long has this problem existed? wait.... did you get here via IP?

**lakerdonald** · 08-13-2004

So does that mean that you have the DNS settings on automatic? (i.e. when you goto Network Configuration, the options for eth0 [or whatever] has Automatic checked for DNS) You wouldn't happen to be connecting to the internet through a router would you?
-lakerdonald

**Outpour** · 08-13-2004

I just brought this computer home - previously I was using windows 2k which does have that option. Right now I am here by using VNC on a windows box.

**kkubasik** · 08-13-2004

Ok, 1) try to manualy change your DNS settings to any public DNS you can find, if you can't find a way to do that, try waiting a littel bit to see if your ISP's servers are somehow down. Finaly, make sure that if you are behind a router (as lakerdonald implied) that you are allowing traffic as nessicary.

**lakerdonald** · 08-13-2004

What I was really implying about the router was that you really need to set your DNS settings to your router's IP. I had this same problem when I first got my router a couple months ago.
-lakerdonald

**kkubasik** · 08-13-2004

o, my mistake, what brand router did you have? And what did you have to do, I have a D-link at home right now, but my Uncle has a massive Cisco switch that he is willing to give me, so ill probably do that.

**lakerdonald** · 08-13-2004

your comment about the router is true as well. My problem was that I was still trying to access the Road Runner DNS through the Automatic Settings, but my router wasn't letting that through for some reason. After I set it manually to 192.168.0.1 (my router) everything was fine. I have a D-Link as well!
-lakerdonald
P.S. I think we're stealing this topic from Outpour hehe

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