[RESOLVED] Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

[Lostgarden]

Hello - I've just installed 9.10 Kubuntu onto a 2004 Dell Laptop
All has installed fine & appears to work except I cannot connect to the internet via Konqueror.
I can access my router via 192.168.1.1 & see / make changes there - but when I try & go to a web page the message comes up that I'm blocked.
I've even turned of the router firewall.
Other machines can connect via the router - so I'm flummuxed !
Help - I'm not so technical so go easy on the bits & bytes talk pls !

[josefko]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

I think, when you have a local network connection and no web connection, it could be DNS thing. Try to set your DNS servers manually in knetworkmanager (net icon in the panel), using static DNS. If your other machines that can connect are not Kubuntu, so it could be known Kubuntu issue with DNS. If you don't know ip addresses of your DNS servers it is difficult to continue.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

Exactly what message comes up that you're blocked?

Start by pinging: Open a terminal and type

ping 192.168.1.1

CRTL-Z will quit. This should give you ping times to your router. Then type

ping www.google.com

If you get return times, you're not "blocked" from the internet. If you get "Host unreachable" then you are indeed not connecting to the internet. Usually this is a route problem caused by knetworkmanager. To test this type

route -n

The output should look like

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   0   0    0 eth0
169.254.0.0   0.0.0.0     255.255.0.0   U   1000  0    0 eth0
0.0.0.0     192.168.1.1   0.0.0.0     UG  100  0    0 eth0

If it doesn't, type

route add default gw 192.168.1.1

and then try pinging google again. Let me know what happens and post the results of the route -n command.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

And if what oceanluver recommends doesn't help you can always replace Knetworkmanager with wicd.

Attach a small length of cat5 ethernet cable from the back of your wireless router to your eth port on your PC. Then, run synaptic and install wicd (all the programs with "wicd" in the name). Then, uninstall knetworkmanger, knm-runtime and the other programs with "networkmanager" in their names.

(It used to be that if you just installed "wicd" that Synaptic would uninstall all the knm stuff, install wicd, and restart your network, but that has yet to be fixed in Luicd.)

[Lostgarden]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

Hello Oshunluvr
Both Pings are successful
Route -n yeilds a different result to your snapshot
The route add is not permitted
hmmmmm !

[Lostgarden]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

Hi GreyGeek
I cannot find WCID on kubuntu.....

[Lostgarden]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

I can get a partial web page if I just type in the IP address ie bbc : 212.58.226.75 - but the page is not complete & it takes over 5 mins to load

I have Kubuntu on a desktop now & it work fine - just this damn laptop !

[oshunluvr]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

try the route command with "sudo" in front of it.

Assuming that it works - you will likely have to manually configure the route.

It's not a big deal - I usually prefer to do it manually because I use port aggregation and network manager can't do that.

Look at the contents of /etc/resolv.conf and tell us what it says.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

Hi GreyGeek
I cannot find WCID on kubuntu.....

That is because it is not installed by default. From the other posts it appears you do have some sort of Internet connection.

You can install wicd by doing, in a konsole,
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wicd.

You will also want to remove all of knetworkmanager (knm-runtime, and anything that has "networkmanager" in its name.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

Hi GreyGeek
I cannot find WCID on kubuntu.....

That is because it is not installed by default.

Funny, my first thought was because it was misspelled...

sudo apt-get install wicd

[GreyGeek]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

Hi GreyGeek
I cannot find WCID on kubuntu.....

That is because it is not installed by default.

Funny, my first thought was because it was misspelled...

sudo apt-get install wicd

That's because you are not dyslexic. It looked like it was spelled correctly to me. Sorry.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

lol - I was just trying to be funny - not picking on you!

[GreyGeek]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

Looking back at it ... it is funny!

I'm so use to switching letters, or seeing them switched, it is has become just a minor annoyance. I had eye surgery about 40 years ago and Lasic surgery about 10 years ago, but both surgeries are losing their effect and my strabismus has begun returning in the last year or so. Being 68 doesn't help... but it's better than not getting to 68.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

No doubt - I'm alwyas flipping letters becuase my brain is faster than my fingers. Often, I pu tthe space in the wrong place too... 8)

[GreyGeek]

Re: Konqueror - Cannot connect to the net

And if you are like me you often put the accEnt on the wrong syllAble.