Ok for web browsing and client side stuff if you are using the personal firewall you shouldn't have any problems. The config for it is at: Yast2->System->Editor for /etc/sysconfig Files->Network->Firewall-> personal-firewall You put in the interfaces you want to reject inbound probes. If you are running the full firewall it is at: Yast2->Security and Users->Firewall I haven't used it so you are on your own from there. SuSE firewalls should not have blocked outbound connections unless you have been playing with it or may playing with iptables at the command line. The next thing to try is do you get a ping responce from your ISP? Like this: pben@linux:~> ping cox-internet.com PING cox-internet.com (66.76.2.80) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from pw1.cox-internet.com (66.76.2.80): icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=67.1 ms 64 bytes from pw1.cox-internet.com (66.76.2.80): icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=330 ms 64 bytes from pw1.cox-internet.com (66.76.2.80): icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=152 ms --- cox-internet.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2016ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 67.136/183.173/330.375/109.703 ms pben@linux:~> pben@linux:~> This should tell you if the DNS lookup is working and if you are sending and receiving ok. On Sunday 29 June 2003 05:25 pm, Marcia wrote:
Paul Benjamin wrote:
So do you have an IP address, what was the resulf of the ifconfig?
On Sunday 29 June 2003 03:02 pm, Marcia wrote:
Thank you for your immediate response and help. I checked iwconfig and it recognizes my card as eth1 and it looks like everything should be working. I checked the firewall situation and it looks like it is not enabled . Any other thoughts here?
Sincerely,
Marcia
Thanks again for helping. I checked ifconfig and got a good readout for the card. Everything looks fine that I can tell. My ip address is correct. I am using dhcp, too . How can I tell for sure that I do not have a firewall going? It appears that I do not, but I would not necessarily know if it is enabled by default.
Thanks,
Marcia