Bizarre problem for noob

[davieboy]

I have Mandriva 07 running on a desktop (all good) it has a ra link wireless card that connects to our internet access point.
Mandriva tells me I am connected to the wireless network.
I can ping the gateway, my laptop etc, I can even ping Google.com.
HOWEVER, when I fire up Firefox, it times out at any attempt to access any webpage.

Can anyone help please. It is probs something basic I have missed, but I am a bit gutted cos it, and linux will be useless to me if I can't get online with it.

Thanks
David

[MikeTbob]

You probably need to set up your DNS. Are you using DHCP?
check /etc/resolv.conf
It should look similar to this.
; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
search Belkin
nameserver 192.168.2.1

[cmcevoy]

Not sure about the DNS problem : if you can ping google.com by name (and particularly if ping reports a different IP address every time you do) then DNS must be working. I'd be thinking about the proxy settings on firefox - maybe it is set to proxy when it shouldn't or v/v
You could try another browser, out of interest. How about trying links or lynx from the terminal you just successfully pinged from?

[davieboy]

Thanks for the quick replies.


MikeTbob, all resolve.conf had in it was this

nameserver 192.168.1.1

cmcevoy

weirdly enough, Konqueror went straight to google.com and then to any other page I entered. Lynx returned....

Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.
lynx: Can't access startfile http://mandrivalinux.com

Its all to weird. The settings for firefox seem to make no difference either.

At least I can get on via Konqueror now, though Mandriva control center / updates doesn't think the wireless is connected and can't see the websites!

Thanks for the help