Internet Access problem

[ssmarrtass]

Last night my ISP switching some things around, and now I cannot connect to any webpages.

I run slackware 9.0.

I ran rc.inet1 to refresh the ip, etc. it assigned a new IP, and updated the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf.

There is activity on the connection, so it exists, and the IP it is assigned is valid, and the nameservers correspond to my roommate's.

When I try to connect to a webpage, no luck whatsoever. But when I try to go to some random IP, it attempts to access it, so I feel that there is some file that's not getting updated, that I don't know about it.

(Also, I can't ping, because my lovely ISP doesn't allow outside pinging).

If you can help me, I would appreciate it very much. I'm sorry if this has been covered, but I didn't see anything on a quick search, and have limited access to this computer.

Thanks.

[bosox79]

are you able to ping any IP addresses? say like this site? from a console type ping www.justlinux.com if so that means that your connection should be working you are not getting the loopback ip are you like 127.0 what type of connection do you have also DSL, Cable, or dialup?

[hlrguy]

Firewall problem? As root,
tail -f /var/log/messages
as you try surfing?

Have you tried
nslookup
to test the DNS servers?

Can you surf to, literally, just put this in your browser,
216.239.39.104

hlrguy

[ssmarrtass]

>>are you able to ping any IP addresses?
No, my ISP blocks all pings to outside addresses. As you can imagine, this makes troubleshooting less fun. As for the IP it's assigning me, it's a valid IP (63.59...).

The ISP just runs straight ethernet jacks into the room, and it has a few T1 lines I believe.

>>tail -f /var/log/messages
the only output i get are the MARKs

>>nslookup
I'm unfamiliar with nslookup, and couldn't find a lot of documentation on my computer. But when I ran dig (I believe they're similar, correct me if I'm wrong), the query just timed out, which is probably indicitive of a problem with the DNS. Unless it's just related to them blocking pings.

>> 216.239.39.104
When I put that in, it attempts to "Connect to remote server" and eventually times out. When I go to something like www.google.com, it immediately comes up with the inaccessible message.


Thanks for the responses.

[mdwatts]

So your ethernet card has a valid ip address and the dns servers are correct in /etc/resolv.conf? How about the gateway address?

[ssmarrtass]

Hey. Sorry I haven't gotten back, but I was away from computers for a while.

Yeah, the gateway corresponds to the windows one.

I've also noticed that windows grabs the same IP when I load it, and it has no problems connecting.

Thanks for your suggestions so far.