[PLUG] Can't get past my router

[Carlos Konstanski]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, rsteff at comcast.net wrote:

> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:44:15 +0000
> From: rsteff at comcast.net
> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: PLUG <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: [PLUG] Can't get past my router
> 
> I'm sending this from the Comcast web mail interface, using my laptop. At the clinic today I changed my desktop machine from a static IP address to DHCP so I could connect from Free Geek. All was well.
>
> When I got home, I changed back to a static IP address. Now, I can't get past my router. I can ping the router, and I can ping my laptop. I don't think I changed anything else. The gateway address is the correct one for the router. To be more accurate, I didn't change back to a static IP address right away. I didn't think of it at first. However, even with DHCP, I still couldn't get past my router. I've tried ifconfig eth0 down/up with no change.
>
> Any ideas on how to tell the machine it's home again?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens

You need to fix your /etc/resolv.conf file, I'll bet.

Carlos