Problems accessing internet via suse linux 9.1

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m1ck97

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Hey guys,

I just installed suse linux 9.1 today and found that when i try to access the internet through the browser, I can usually access the first page of the website (i.e. hardforum.com) but when i try to access the second + page i.e. click the operating system section - i get the page not found error. my network card is built into my motherboard (abit kv8 pro) and when i access the settings for the network card it says not configured - I've messed with the configuration settings but it still says not configured.

What could be the problem?? I have my driver disk for my motherboard but the drivers are for windows only, I have looked on the abit website but cant seem to find linux drivers to see if this is the problem!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Apart from this minor problem - i am loving LINUX!!! ;)
 
Check your DNS settings in /etc/resolv.conf and make sure they're right. Run 'ifconfig eth0' and see if you're getting an IP address okay. Check your proxy settings in mozilla/firefox/whatever and make sure they're right. Try 'ping google.com' and see if that works.
 
Check your DNS settings in /etc/resolv.conf and make sure they're right. Run 'ifconfig eth0' and see if you're getting an IP address okay. Check your proxy settings in mozilla/firefox/whatever and make sure they're right. Try 'ping google.com' and see if that works.
Proxy settings are set as "connect to internet directly"
My DNS settings have an ip in it but shouldnt it have my router ip?? rather than a true ip. and should this ip be the same as my windows ip? (because its different!)
ifconfig eth0 ends up with an error: "could not run specified command"
 
m1ck97 said:
Proxy settings are set as "connect to internet directly"
My DNS settings have an ip in it but shouldnt it have my router ip?? rather than a true ip. and should this ip be the same as my windows ip? (because its different!)
ifconfig eth0 ends up with an error: "could not run specified command"
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the ip address should be on the same subnet as your router (ie. 192.168.0.***).
you'll need to have root privlidges to run the ifconfig command (to do that, open up a terminal/console, type 'su' then enter your root password, after that you are logged in as the root user for the shell session).
 
everything seems to be setup fine. Still no internet though, what im more concerned about is that when i click my browser (just after linux has booted) I can usually visit the home page, but anything after this wont work. Even typing in another url to a different site wont work either :(
 
small update of my problem:

When i change my network settings and resave them - I can reconnect to the internet but after a few page views (on any site) (usually 2-3 page views) my connection cuts off again.

When i save - my settings are currently:
Automatically detect network settings

but when i return to it the network card settings, my manually input ip address boxes are filled in (although the check box to activate it isnt checked). So i delete this info from the boxes and it seems to work.

Is it supposed to be filling in these boxes?
 
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