Interesting problem: Fedora 12 and openSUSE 11 will only connect to fedoraproject.org

Eliot Rosewater

Heres an interesting problem to tickle your brains! Im using Ubuntu at the moment but decided to install openSUSE and Fedora to see what they're like. When I launch Firefox in Fedora I can only connect to fedoraproject.org. I can navigate around the site, and even change the language so I'm definitely connecting to a server. However I cannot reach any other site Ive tried such as Google. Ive also done some updates on Fedora which required Internet connection fine.

Then when I load openSUSE I get exactly the same problem! Can only load fedoraproject.org!!

I did a bit of searching and the closest I came to a solution involved editing IPv6 settings. However in Fedora IPv6 is ignored by default and openSUSE connection settings doesn't even mention IPv6.


Any ideas greatly appreciated

Note: Internet works fine in Debian.

spboard

Hello, was glad to recognise your problem

Recently installed fedora 14 and the only sites I can access with the firefox browser are ones such as fedoraproject.org and others related to the distro which were already entered onto the browser with the installation of fedora. Amasingly these sites work but nothing else google or anything will. It is obvious that the internet services are functioning but are limited. I have posted the problem on linuxquestions.org too (username Siopa) and already have had reply but no fix yet. Will keep looking, hope you find solution.

gerryk

Can you ping anything apart from fedoraproject?
What error do you get when you try to connect to any other site?
I would check DNS settings.

spboard

Thank you gerryk

With this fedora machine I can download applications and games which install fine too so the network connections have got to be ok. I use DHCP and it seems to work so I didnt enter any DNS addresses. I had to guess on settings like IPv4 and IPv6. I'm going to yum install opera or lynx to see if they work.

Here is information from Network Manager window:
Connection Information
Active Network Connections

Interface: Ethernet (eth0)
Hardware Address: 10:78:D2:83:75:6F
Driver: atl1c
Speed: 100 Mb/s

IP Address: 192:168.1.102
Broadcast Address: 192.168.1.255
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Route: 192.168.1.254
Primary DNS: 192.168.1.254

And also for these commands output is given below (in that order):

ifconfig
route -n
ping linuxquestions.org
ping 8.8.8.8
tcpdump
iwconfig
lspci -k
lspci -nn

[root@HOME etc]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 10:78:D2:83:75:6F
inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::1278:d2ff:fe83:756f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1307 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:361 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:805439 (786.5 KiB) TX bytes:28605 (27.9 KiB)
Interrupt:44

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:720 (720.0 b) TX bytes:720 (720.0 b)

root@HOME etc]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

[root@HOME etc]# ping linuxquestions.org
PING linuxquestions.org (75.126.162.205) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.linuxquestions.org (75.126.162.205): icmp_req=1 ttl=51 time=184 ms
64 bytes from www.linuxquestions.org (75.126.162.205): icmp_req=2 ttl=51 time=184 ms
64 bytes from www.linuxquestions.org (75.126.162.205): icmp_req=3 ttl=51 time=184 ms
64 bytes from www.linuxquestions.org (75.126.162.205): icmp_req=4 ttl=51 time=183 ms
64 bytes from www.linuxquestions.org (75.126.162.205): icmp_req=5 ttl=51 time=184 ms
64 bytes from www.linuxquestions.org (75.126.162.205): icmp_req=6 ttl=51 time=183 ms
^C
--- linuxquestions.org ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 6 received, 14% packet loss, time 6007ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 183.174/184.084/184.733/0.538 ms

# (8.8.8.8 is Google's public DNS server)
[root@HOME etc]# ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=51 time=66.2 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=2 ttl=51 time=65.7 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=3 ttl=51 time=67.2 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=4 ttl=51 time=68.5 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=5 ttl=51 time=67.0 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=6 ttl=51 time=68.2 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=7 ttl=51 time=65.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=8 ttl=51 time=68.0 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 received, 0% packet loss, time 7009ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 65.318/67.056/68.551/1.142 ms

[root@HOME etc]# tcpdump
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
00:57:36.330715 IP 192.168.1.254 > ALL-SYSTEMS.MCAST.NET: igmp query v2
00:57:36.331439 IP HOME.54049 > 192.168.1.254.domain: 41731+ PTR? 1.0.0.224.in-addr.arpa. (40)
00:57:36.380226 IP 192.168.1.254.domain > HOME.54049: 41731 1/0/0 PTR ALL-SYSTEMS.MCAST.NET. (75)
00:57:36.380408 IP HOME.49764 > 192.168.1.254.domain: 12730+ PTR? 254.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. (44)
00:57:41.332321 ARP, Request who-has 192.168.1.254 tell HOME, length 28
00:57:41.332559 ARP, Reply 192.168.1.254 is-at 00:21:1e:34:30:90 (oui Unknown), length 46
00:57:41.385458 IP HOME.49764 > 192.168.1.254.domain: 12730+ PTR? 254.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. (44)
^C
7 packets captured
7 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel

[root@HOME etc]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

[root@HOME etc]# lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: i915

Kernel modules: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel

Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)

Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)

Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel modules: leds-ss4200, iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2226

Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus

Kernel modules: i2c-i801
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)

Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 8131

Kernel driver in use: atl1c

Kernel modules: atl1c

[root@HOME etc]# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller [8086:2e30] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2e32] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2e33] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b8] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c0] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1063] (rev c0)

Again any help / suggestions / explenations are welcome

pickarooney

Just on the off-chance that it's not a typo, the IP address is badly formed - colon instead of dot.

IP Address: 192:168.1.102
Broadcast Address: 192.168.1.255
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Route: 192.168.1.254
Primary DNS: 192.168.1.254

Otherwise, try changing the primary DNS to 208.67.222.222 and see what happens.

human 19

I gave up on Fedora due to the ridiculous permission settins. havent used it in over a year. This leads me to wonder if the firewall is configured only to allow HTTP in from that site. Can you try it with firewall disabled and see if that solves the problem. Then you will know that it the issue and you need to amend the firewall. Is ufw installed (uncomplicated firewall). If not, try download it try man ufw in terminal. if you get results then its installed so sudo(or whatever for Fedora) ufw disable

VampiricPadraig

I gave up Fedora because of this problem..

I switched to Debian...Alot better imo

noshankus

Well, it is resolving

[root@HOME etc]# ping linuxquestions.org
PING linuxquestions.org (75.126.162.205) 56(84) bytes of data.

Can you:
telnet 75.126.162.205 80
or even:
telnet www.google.com 80
and to go further (purely out of interest):
telnet www.google.com 443

Try using lynx (command line browser if so... to rule out if it somehow browser related?

spoa

Siopa

I posted in this thread as Siopa (lost password for Siopa)

Didnt change much.

All I did was enter primary and secondary DNS addressed (just one might have done) in menu accessed from NetworkManager icon (right click, edit connections, IPv4 tab) Here I selected "Automatic (DHCP) addresses only" and below that I entered my two DNS addresses from my ISP (mines Eircom 213.94.190.194 and 213.94.190.236) but these two other ones work too 208.67.220.220 and 208.67.222.222, no apparent difference and the latter required no additional ISP subscription. Then save giving root password. Now back to Network Manager icon, left click, "Disconnect" then reconnect. Agus sin é.

My /etc.resolv.conf file now is

search 213.94.190.236
nameserver 213.94.190.194

Thanks again, hope it is useful