Firefox will only show 'server not found'

[awesomo83]

I have a laptop with Redhat 5 installed and a Windows 7 Virtual Machine.

The laptop is connected to the internet but I cant access any web pages in firefox - it just comes up with Server Not Found (tried all different sites). I know the internet connection is good as if i go into my windows VM firefox works normal.

Ive checked the network settings and tried setting to 'no proxy' and automatically detect but nothing seems to work. Ive uninstalled and reinstalled firefox and still get the same.

Ive tried both wired and wireless but makes no difference.

Seems really weird that it works in the Windows VM but not in Redhat which its booting into.

Anyone got any ideas???

[Rubberman]

The problem is in the dns settings. You will find the current server settings in /etc/resolv.conf. There can be multiple entries in the file. Here is an example file:

nameserver 199.45.32.37
nameserver 199.45.32.40
nameserver 192.168.1.254

If it is pointing to either an invalid or unavailable server, you will get this type of problem. It is likely that your Windows TCP/IP settings are at least more correct than the host's. Since it works, you might go into the network->tcp/ip->properties page and see what it is using.