Hello All at the Microsuck forum!
I have been dabbling with Linux/Windows duel boots for about a year now. Different bugs here and there, which admitily may be of the pebkac variety, have hindered my complete Linux conversion for a while. A new one has popped up which I feel I simply cannot squish on my own.
I moved recently, from one house to another as well as from cable to DSL. I have to tell you, I am apreciating the simplicity of cable which I used to take for granted.
Getting down to business: I have installed Fedora Core 4 SElinux and my internet does not work, kinda. I can only connect to:
www.redhat.com; rhn.redhat.com;
www.google.com (though no images search); and of course, here. Two or three times, through no fiddling around, my internet connection has been alright and been able to connect to packers.com, wings3d.com and I assume anywhere. This state of normalcy leaves unexpectedly however. I must also point out, that when I connect to redhat or google, I connect instantly, just as fast as my windows box sitting next to me, just as if there is nothing is wrong. However, connecting here it hangs for a while in the "looking up microsuck.com..." phase.
Another things to point out is that I can run the ping command on any server I wish. A third thing to point out is I cannot connect to MIRC or Gaim. Yet another point, I can only connect to google and here when logged into root.
My Setup: I have just freshly reinstalled Fedora Core 4 i386, default desktop packages installation. I have an Nvidia nforce ethernet card, Qwest actiontec modem, and am running a simple run-of-the-mill home network on a Linksys router.
I hope there is some stupidly simple explination for my frustrations.
