On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 23:05:33 -0400
Rei Shinozuka <
shino@...> wrote:
>
> see if you can ping an external IP number like 64.233.161.104 (google)
>
> if ping fails, it's a routing thing, your default gateway on your
> laptop should point to the IP of the router. netmask shouldbe
> 255.255.255.0.
>
> if you can ping it, you might have a problem with your DNS, and
> therefore cannot resolve names like "yahoo.com." your DNS server
> should point to the router's IP, whose cache should be set to external
> servers when it connects to your provider's IP.
>
> -rei
>
>
Many thanks. That did it. Odd that I haven't had to add the router's
IP address manually on my other Ubuntu 9.04 machine on the same
router. But there we are..
Thanks again!
Pete
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