Cannot Surf Internet, but I can Ping

[robert]

On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 20:09 +0000, David Andrew wrote:
> 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

David,

I have not been following this thread, but I have had a quick look at
the routers manual. I am guessing that your Ubuntu system is set to use
dhcp and the dns settings are being overwritten by the setting obtained
from the router. 

>From the routers manual it looks like you can set it's dhcp server to
send out the dns addresses. Try putting your ISPs dns addresses in the
router and see if that fixes your problem.

Rob