[PLUG] network connection issue

[chris (fool) mccraw]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:45, wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:
> Ping is your friend.

for instance, what happens when you ping the wireless router by IP
from his laptop?  what happens when you ping a google IP from his
laptop?
i ask because maybe it's just a DNS quirk, and you could lock down his
nameservers to some of the free ones (ie google dns:
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/).  when i want the one-step
"damnit i said stop mucking with my /etc/resolv.conf file, network
startup scripts and dhclient!" solution, i edit, then chattr +i
/etc/resolv.conf.  works on any distro, kills buggy dns server specs
dead.