Cannot Surf Internet, but I can Ping

[David Andrew]

Using my router address does not work - but if I change the nameserver
address to the DNS of my ISP it works but fairly soon gets rewritten to the
router again.  How can I stop that happening?

On 27/01/06, Steve Tripp <progressivepenguin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's a DNS issue.  In Gnome go to Administration and Networking then
> select the DNS tab.  If it is empty, find the DNS servers for your ISP
> (in your router's settings) and put them in there, although if you are
> using DHCP it is usually automatic.
>
> Using command line, open /etc/resolv.conf and insert nameserver and
> the ip of the dns server like so:
>
> nameserver  1.1.1.1
>
> Hope this helps.
> Steve Tripp
>
> On 1/27/06, Kevin Purcell <kevin at kevinpurcell.org> wrote:
> > Just installed Ubuntu and am having the following problem.
> >
> > I opened Firefox and could not surf.  I entered my router's address and
> it
> > is connected to the Internet.  So I tried pinging it and it sees the
> router
> > and my network storage device.  So the network works.  I then tried
> pining
> > (in terminal) the address of my ISP listed in the status page of my
> Linksys
> > Router (it is a WRT54G).  It pinged okay without any packet loss.  A
> little
> > slower than in Windows, but at least it works. Don't know any other
> Internet
> > numeral addresses, so don't know if I can ping anything other than my
> ISP.
> > I tired pinging yahoo.com and google.com and microsoft.com and all
> failed.
> >
> > Any idea how to fix this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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David Andrew
MALTHE Course Leader
CAPD  London Metropolitan University
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