Problem connecting to internet with SuSe 9.0

Hi,

A while ago, I installed a NETGEAR FA311 PCI network card on my linux
box, performed the standard installation (when the OS detected the new
hardware and launched YAST for me), and connected to the internet just
fine.

After rearranging things at home, I decided to attempt to
install/configure a wireless network card. I tinkered with that for a
while, realized I bit off more than I could chew, and went back to the
original wired setup.

I can see other machines on my home LAN, but when I launch Konqueror
and try to access the internet, it fails, telling me it is unable to
load etc etc. I can ssh to other machines, ftp other machines etc etc.

The network card is setup as DHCP. ifconfig tells me the IP address is
192.168.0.4 (which is what I would expect). The NETGEAR router I am
using is setup as a DHCP server and has other machines working
properly through it.

What am I missing? Did my wireless journey somehow screw up some
critical configuration file in /etc??

Ryan

Ryan wrote:

>Hi,
>
>A while ago, I installed a NETGEAR FA311 PCI network card on my linux
>box, performed the standard installation (when the OS detected the new
>hardware and launched YAST for me), and connected to the internet just
>fine.
>
>After rearranging things at home, I decided to attempt to
>install/configure a wireless network card. I tinkered with that for a
>while, realized I bit off more than I could chew, and went back to the
>original wired setup.
>
>I can see other machines on my home LAN, but when I launch Konqueror
>and try to access the internet, it fails, telling me it is unable to
>load etc etc. I can ssh to other machines, ftp other machines etc etc.
>
>The network card is setup as DHCP. ifconfig tells me the IP address is
>192.168.0.4 (which is what I would expect). The NETGEAR router I am
>using is setup as a DHCP server and has other machines working
>properly through it.
>
>What am I missing? Did my wireless journey somehow screw up some
>critical configuration file in /etc??
>
>Ryan
>
>
If I understand correctly, you can access machines on the local
network, but not the internet, right ? If so, then you might have a DNS
configuration problem. Normally the address of the DNS server(s) is
provided by the DHCP server (the Netgear router in your case) and is
kept in /etc/resolv.conf. Check if the content of /etc/resolv.conf is
the same as on the other machines on your local network.
Another thing you might want to check is the default route taken by
your network packets. If you added a new interface (the wireless card),
perhaps now the default route is set to the wireless card and not to the
ethernet card. To see the routing table, run "route". The last line
should be something like:
default <address_of_Netgear_router> 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
The important thing here is "eth0" - the interface where packets are
sent to. This should be the same as the one given by ifconfig (which
has the IP 192.168.0.4).

Hope this helps,
Mihai

I modified /etc/resolv.conf to mirror another machine and all is well.
Thanks for your time.

Ryan