[ug-bosug] Unable to access the web from SXDE 9/07

[Pradhap Devarajan]

Hi Zoram,
       Are you using nwam ? check by running

$ svcs -a | grep physical
disabled        9:39:18 svc:/network/physical:nwam
online          9:39:23 svc:/network/physical:default

if you are using inetmenu. Disable nwam and enable 
"svc:/network/physical:default" . 
traceroute 61.1.96.71
netstat -r
ifconfig -a 
nslookup sun.com

outputs might help in understanding this issue. 

if you think DNS might be the issue,  you can use opendns nameservers
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

~ Pradhap.D

Zoram Thanga wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a BSNL broadband connection at home, using one of those Huawei 
> ADSL modems. I have installed SXDE 9/07 on my laptop, configured a 
> static IP address (same as that used on WinXP installed on the same 
> laptop), DNS, the works. I am able to ping the DNS servers (61.1.96.69 
> and 61.1.96.71), but when I try to connect to the web using Firefox, FF 
> is not able to resolve the URL's. My home setting is a direct connection 
> to the Net without using a proxy server. I am at a loss as to what could 
> be the problem.
>
> The strange thing is that the same configuration (as far as I can 
> remember) has been working, with the same SXDE version, until I 
> re-installed the laptop after a failed attempt to install SNV_79. It's 
> as though the ADSL modem is blocking outbound connection attempts if 
> they're coming from Solaris!
>
> Has anyone got a similar home set-up that's working? Any thoughts about 
> settings I might have overlooked?
>
> Thanks,
> Zoram
>
>