[PLUG] Browser won't browse

Jeff Blain jelque at feather.net
Sat Apr 6 21:57:09 UTC 2002


On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 01:34:05PM -0800, Richard Steffens wrote:
> I haven't used my laptop for a few weeks. I just plugged it in, turned
> it on, booted RH 7.1, started up Mozilla, and tried to browse the
> Internet. I can see my other Linux machine's web server, but can't get
> out on the Internet. I get the message, 
> 
>   The connection was refused when attempting to contact www.google.com
> 
> I get a similar message for any web site I try to access on the Internet
> side of my router. I'm typing this message on another machine that is
> able to get through the router.
> 
> This hasn't happened before. I used to be able to browse with the
> laptop. Any ideas where I should start looking for the problem?
>

Run /sbin/ifconfig eth0 at the command line and make sure you have an ip
address. 

Also try to ping an ip address outside your lan. Check your
/etc/resolv.conf and make sure your DNS servers are listed.

Jeff







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