RPi Network Connection working fine but internet not working

Dempsey

I have a RPi (Raspbian OS) and I've it connected to the network via wireless and every was working fine but now for some reason. The internet isnt working.

I can connect fine to the device via VNC and all the settings are right but the web browsers (Midori & IceWeasel) give me the problem loading page - server not found error

Any suggestions?

bonzodog2

Can you connect to a server by IP address? e.g. google is http://74.125.24.103/
If so its a DNS issue

Dempsey

Yea, its a DNS issue. How do I resolve it?

azzeretti

Check your nameserver setting in /etc/resolv.conf . For a quick check edit that file and make it look like this:

nameserver 8.8.8.8

Save it and try a website.

EDIT: I just realised you might be using NetworkManager to config your network. If so, edit you network interface and change:
DNS server to 8.8.8.8
Search domains: 127.0.0.1

Dempsey

My Eircom router is using OpenDNS DNS servers but I thought these would automatically be used by outbound traffic?

I used this tutorial to implement a static ip address on the wireless connection

https://www.modmypi.com/blog/tutorial-how-to-give-your-raspberry-pi-a-static-ip-address

Should I add

nameserver  208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

to /etc/network/interfaces?

Knasher

No, add them to /etc/resolv.conf (as azzeretti said).

If you've set your dns servers on your router, then your router propagates those to the network using a protocol called dhcp. However setting a static IP address stops your pi from looking for an address with dhcp, so it never gets the dns server. So you need to manually set the dns servers also.