Internet problem with Fedora Core 3

[hinkbot]

Good evening. I have searched and google'd for the past 24 hours, and I am unable to find any solution to this problem.

Let me begin with saying that the I have reformatted/reinstalled Fedora Core 3. So everything is/should be the default settings.

The problem i have is that i am unable to connect to the internet. Firefox just hangs when going to google.com. I have opened the terminal and tried pinging google, which results in nothing. I have also pinged google's ip address, which results in the following:

From 192.168.1.1 icmp_seq=0 Destination Net Unreachable

The linux box does obtain an IP from the router, and i can connect to the routers browser interface. I also can ssh into the box from within the network (haven't tried outside the network).
My resolv.conf file does get populated with roadrunners DNS servers.

None of this makes sense. I would think that a fresh install would work without a hitch.

is there something i am overlooking? I am beginning to get extremely frustrated with this box! Thanks in advance!

[soulestream]

can you traceroute googles IP. that will tell you were you are getting stopped.

did your router obtain an IP address from RR.

What settings do you have in IPtables. have you tried just turning it off.

has this computer worked before?

what responce do you get from

ping 127.0.0.1

ping your IP

ping router

soule

[banzaikai]

My new FC3 box just, well..., worked.

My RH7.2, however, had to be told it was using a Gateway Router, and I just put 192.168.1.1 as the GW address, and everything worked (still does, as I'm on the RH7.2 box right now!).

One thought, though:

Is your setup on DSL? If so, you may want to make sure your router config has your username/ID set correctly, and that you have the "Connect on Demand" checked. Otherwise, the DSL modem won't "dial out" to make your connection to the DSLAM (not required on cable/DOCSIS modems). When I set up a cyber cafe a while back, I had to play with it to get it going. I found I had to use the "@att.net" suffix with the username, and not just the username (as you would with dial-up).

banzai "3Mbps" kai

[jmhiggins]

can you do a route -n and post the results? This sounds like a similar problem I was having with my wireless network. It sounds like your NIC doesnt know the gateway out to the internet.