[GRLUG] Follow-up to my "Ubuntu install" post

[Rich Nagel]

I was having problems with Internet access - basically, the Mozilla browser would start up and almost never go anywhere.  When I'd put in a site like www.google.com or http://ubuntulinux.org the browser would sit there with the little circle spinning and a message at the bottom of the screen saying "Finding site."  I was able to use the "Network Tools" and confirm that I could PING both servers, plus I'd downloaded those OS updates earlier so I knew I had valid Internet access.

My network:


(Internet/ISP)
    |
69.xxx.xxx.xxx
    |
Actiontec DSL modem/router 
    |
192.168.0.1
    |
Linksys BEFS41 - DHCP enabled, UPnP enabled, etc.
    |
192.168.1.1
    |
Cisco 2924EN switch(10/100 24port)
    |
(All PCs in the house)


Okay, so on all of my Windows boxes, the Primary DNS is 192.168.0.1 probably because that's what the Linksys router is getting told by the Actiontec modem/router.  And this presents no problem to the Windows machines - they surf the net, ftp, email, etc. without any problems at all.  On a hunch, I decided to go into the network settings on the Linux box and change the DNS from 192.168.0.1  to  216.165.129.158  which is the Primary DNS server that the Actiontec router gets from the ISP.   Upon doing so, the Linux box is now able to get out to any website without any problem, ie. it's working as it should.

So, the upside is that I can now browse the web on a Linux box, and I have the satisfaction of having solved the problem on my own. :)  The downside is that I still don't understand why it failed to work in the first place when the Windows PCs all work fine with the DNS being 192.168.0.1 :(

Anybody got an idea?
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