OK it was a DNS problem. I went into Yast2 "modem configuration" and unchecked "Modify DNS when connected" which made no difference, so I went back in and rechecked the option, which started everything working again. Thanks to all who responded positively to my request for help. You have restored my faith in the Linux "Community Spirit" ;-) Regards Dave On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 10:54, Dave Barton wrote:
My SuSE 8.0 box has suddenly developed a strange problem with my dial-up Internet connection. I can connect to my ISP and ping any valid Internet address, but none of my browsers, mua's or Internet apps can access the net.
Windows as a VMWare client on this same box has no problem accessing the net.
I was foolishly checking out a dsl modem yesterday, although I don't have a dsl connection yet and I set the Dsl Connection in Yast2. Could this be the cause of my problem or is there another possibility?
Any thoughts or suggestions about a possible solution would be welcome.
If I can't find a way of recovering Internet access for my Linux apps I am going to be forced back to windows, since I refuse to (YET AGAIN) reinstall Linux. Windows is not without it's problems, but the difficulties in resolving Linux issues are just too ridiculous to be true.
Dave -- Registered Linux User #288562 http://counter.li.org