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Hi,

I recently installed Suse Linux 10.1 in a dual boot configuration (with
Windows XP) on my laptop. Everything seems to work fine except that I don't
have access to the Internet. I think it's the firewall that I have to
configure, but being new to Linux I have to rely on Yast to do this.
Unfortunately it does not come with a manual of its own. Is there some
documentation or book out there on how to do this ?

(I have an external DSL modem connected to the ethernet card in my laptop,
this much I know. The Wizard took care of the configuration under Windows)

Thx
Bernard

Bernard <esie@inter.nl.net> did eloquently scribble:
> Hi,

> I recently installed Suse Linux 10.1 in a dual boot configuration (with
> Windows XP) on my laptop. Everything seems to work fine except that I don't
> have access to the Internet. I think it's the firewall that I have to
> configure, but being new to Linux I have to rely on Yast to do this.
> Unfortunately it does not come with a manual of its own. Is there some
> documentation or book out there on how to do this ?

It's unlikely the firewall's responsible if you can't access anything on the
internet. SuSE's firewall only blocks incoming ports by default but if you
want to find out if it IS getting in the way, try this...

rcSuSEfirewall2 stop
(Well, I assume it's still that command, it might've changed in recent
releases)

> (I have an external DSL modem connected to the ethernet card in my laptop,
> this much I know. The Wizard took care of the configuration under Windows)

Did you have the network card set to be configured by DHCP?
What is the output of ifconfig?
Can you do any nameserver lookups? try "host slashdot.org", see if you get a
reply. Try a "traceroute slashdot.org" if you can, or
"traceroute 66.35.250.150" if not, see if you can actually get out onto the
internet at all.
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> Bernard <esie@inter.nl.net> did eloquently scribble:
>> Hi,
>
>> I recently installed Suse Linux 10.1 in a dual boot configuration (with
>> Windows XP) on my laptop. Everything seems to work fine except that I
>> don't
>> have access to the Internet. I think it's the firewall that I have to
>> configure, but being new to Linux I have to rely on Yast to do this.
>> Unfortunately it does not come with a manual of its own. Is there some
>> documentation or book out there on how to do this ?
>
> It's unlikely the firewall's responsible if you can't access anything on
> the
> internet. SuSE's firewall only blocks incoming ports by default but if you
> want to find out if it IS getting in the way, try this...

The hardware seems to work, at least I got a confirmation after
disconnecting and reconnecting the Ethernet link. Should I check something
else as well ?

>
> rcSuSEfirewall2 stop
> (Well, I assume it's still that command, it might've changed in recent
> releases)

I got the message command not found using different variations, but see
below.


>
>> (I have an external DSL modem connected to the ethernet card in my
>> laptop,
>> this much I know. The Wizard took care of the configuration under
>> Windows)
>
> Did you have the network card set to be configured by DHCP?
> What is the output of ifconfig?

I also got a command not found on ifconfig, although it is described in the
man pages, so I guess more things are missing in this installation.

> Can you do any nameserver lookups? try "host slashdot.org", see if you get
> a
> reply. Try a "traceroute slashdot.org" if you can, or
> "traceroute 66.35.250.150" if not, see if you can actually get out onto
> the
> internet at all.

On the host command I got a connection timed out; no servers could be
reached. The traceroute returned another command not found.

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> | spike1@freenet.co.uk |
> |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| "The day Microsoft makes something that
> doesn't |
> | in | suck is probably the day they start making
> |
> | Computer science | vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge
> |
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Bernard <esie@inter.nl.net> did eloquently scribble:
>> It's unlikely the firewall's responsible if you can't access anything on
>> the
>> internet. SuSE's firewall only blocks incoming ports by default but if you
>> want to find out if it IS getting in the way, try this...

> The hardware seems to work, at least I got a confirmation after
> disconnecting and reconnecting the Ethernet link. Should I check something
> else as well ?

>>
>> rcSuSEfirewall2 stop
>> (Well, I assume it's still that command, it might've changed in recent
>> releases)

> I got the message command not found using different variations, but see
> below.


>>
>>> (I have an external DSL modem connected to the ethernet card in my
>>> laptop,
>>> this much I know. The Wizard took care of the configuration under
>>> Windows)
>>
>> Did you have the network card set to be configured by DHCP?
>> What is the output of ifconfig?

> I also got a command not found on ifconfig, although it is described in the
> man pages, so I guess more things are missing in this installation.

Ahhhhh, Different paths for different users. You need to be logged in as
root to turn off the firewall or as a user type /sbin/ifconfig to access
that command (because users don't get /sbin in their path, it's considered
an administration command for root)

>> Can you do any nameserver lookups? try "host slashdot.org", see if you get
>> a
>> reply. Try a "traceroute slashdot.org" if you can, or
>> "traceroute 66.35.250.150" if not, see if you can actually get out onto
>> the
>> internet at all.

> On the host command I got a connection timed out; no servers could be
> reached. The traceroute returned another command not found.

reet, so no internet routing currently.
As root, go into yast, network devices, network card and make sure it's
setup correctly to use DHCP (that should then automatically configure itself
based on info presented by the ISP). Don't set a static IP address. That
might be the problem.
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> (I have an external DSL modem connected to the ethernet card in my laptop,
> this much I know. The Wizard took care of the configuration under Windows)
>
> Thx
> Bernard

Modem or Router ?. It does make a difference, especially if this is a DHCP
issue.

Dave

<spike1@freenet.co.uk> schreef in bericht
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> As root, go into yast, network devices, network card and make sure it's
> setup correctly to use DHCP (that should then automatically configure
> itself
> based on info presented by the ISP). Don't set a static IP address. That
> might be the problem.

Yessss ! This solved it.

Thanks
Bernard

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> __________________________________________________ ____________________________
> | spike1@freenet.co.uk | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste!
> |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and
> |
> | in | get out the puncture repair kit!"
> |
> | Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf
> |
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