FC4 internet connection

[Garry Harthill]

On 18/10/05, captnemotx at netscape.net <captnemotx at netscape.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to the list so my question may have been answered previously.
> I just upgraded from FC2 to 4.  I've got an IBM clone computer with an
> Abit KT7A Raid motherboard, 1GB of RAM, AMD Athlon 1GHz processor, DSL
> connection to the Internet with a D-Link DI-604 Broadband/Ethernet
> router connecting 4 computers on my home network.
>
> After I finished upgrading to FC4 I tried checking for updates by
> running up2date but got error messages.  Checking further, it appears
> that the machine is not connecting to the Internet (I can't call up any
> other Web sites).  I checked the Internet Connection Wizard and it is
> only giving me the option to connect using a static IP Address rather
> than an automatically obtained address using DHCP (which I had been
> using under FC2 just fine).  I *do* have a static IP Address and
> usually run an Internet/e-mail server on another computer but it has
> been down lately due to hardware problems).  The Ethernet card in the
> machine shows to be active.
>
> Any suggestions?  Thanks for any help.  You may e-mail me direct if you
> wish.
>
> Kevin Phillips

Can you ping external IP addresses.

Try and ping 64.233.183.104

You do know this is not a private IP address range? Why are you using
this IP address and network address?

Maybe you have mis-configured your internal network.