can see local network but not internet in RH7.2?

[mcveigh]

I just installed RH7.2 (testing it before putting it on the server) but I can't get it to connect to the internet. my NIC works fine and I can see the local network but nothing going out to the internet works. I wonder if it's some new default firewall setting? the weird thing is it gets it's ipaddress via dhcp and that works correctly.

Aany ideas?

 

[Dravic]

Sounds like either a dns isue or a default gateway issue. Can you ping the ip address of any internet site?

Try pinging www.amd.com, and see if it translated the URL into an ip address and starts to ping the address.
Try pinging 198.83.19.241 thats a prodigy nameserver and see if you get a reply.

If pinging the ip address works, but not the URL you have a DNS resolving issue.

make sure you domain and ISP nameserver are listed in your /etc/resolv.conf files

also check and see if you have a default route listed. use "netstat -r"

there should be a line for 0.0.0.0 pointing to your network gateway/router

if not use
route add default gw XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is you network router/gateway

peace,