[olug] Ethernet connection

[T. J. Brumfield]

Welcome to the list!

What I've seen happen from time to time is that when you take a computer
from one environment to the next, Networkmanager doesn't always correctly
set /etc/resolv.conf which has the DNS settings.

You can open up a console and try ifconfig to see your NIC settings. You can
then try to ping the ip address of your router/cable modem/whatever at home.
You can also try pinging a known ip address like 8.8.8.8 (Google's public
DNS server).

If you can reach that, your NIC is working, but DNS is not. You may want to
look at /etc/resolv.conf

There isn't any reason I can imagine that your NIC driver and such works in
one environment and not the other.

-- T. J. Brumfield

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:02 AM, <jonsteckelberg at cox.net> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> This is my first post on this mailing list. I have a problem with my wired
> ethernet connection.
> I have a Thinkpad X31 running openSUSE 11.2 KDE.  Actually I am having
> problems with both the wireless and the wired connection but I want to focus
> on the wired at the moment. The problem is that when I connect to the wired
> network at work everything is fine it connects automagically and I have
> internet access but when I plug into my home network it does not connect.
>  It seems like it can not find the network address.
> More info;
> Thinkpad x31
> open SUSE 11.2 KDE
> knetwork manager
> Home: Cox internet
> Router: Netgear WGR614
> other computers on home network that work just fine
> 2 PC's runnin Linux Mint
> 1 PC runin XP (sorry wifes computer)
>
> Can anyone provide me some assistance?
> If you need more info to help solve problem let me know.
>
> Thanks
> Jon Steckelberg
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