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[NMLUG] Actiontek/Mozilla problem
The actiontec does a horrible job of dns forwarding. In /etc/resolv.conf
remove the 192.168.1.1 and replace with your isp's dns. You can get
these from the status page on the actiontec.
Jason
Dan Parrish wrote:
> bg wrote:
>
>> Ok, I have Suse 10 RC1. It's a nice distro.
>>
>> I installed it and everything I checked worked nicely (Evolution worked,
>> Mozilla worked). My Actiontek modem rebooted over the weekend and all of
>> a sudden, Mozilla no longer accesses the 'net and Evolution gives and
>> occassional 'no route to host' dialog box.
>>
>> What's weird is Konquerer works fine (Mozilla is stone dead). I have
>> tried clearing Mo's cache, but that doesn't seem to work, so I'm
>> suspecting this less-than-stellar Actiontek modem. Any help is
>> appreciated.
>>
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>
> Well, what you are talking about sounds more to me like some dhcp
> issues. Are you using dhcp or statically binding your NIC on the Suse
> box? Are you using the actiontec for a dhcp server?
>
> Answering these will help us start to troubleshoot what's going on.
> Don't get me wrong, it is strange that Mozilla isn't working and
> Konqueror is, but I'm not sure how these two apps handle domain
> resolution and/or caching differently.
>
> I'd try to bypass the whole dhcp process if you could. Statically
> bind your network settings and manually put your ISP's nameserver
> settings in /etc/resolv.conf. This is trying to limit the number of
> points of possible failure.
>
> -Dan
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