Not sure what a swirly is (sounds like either a lot of fun or really scary),
but maybe you could post the results of:

ifconfig eth0
route -n
cat /etc/resolv.conf

It might help finger it out.
--
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
(512) 454-3200 Main
http://www.camerontech.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michelle Lowman" <malowman@cox.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:53 PM
Subject: Can ping by hostname, can't browse


> I've googled for this, alltheweb'd for this, and I still can't figure out
> where I screwed it up.
>
> I was connected through a Linksys router to a cable modem, and both my Red
> Hat 8.0 box and my husband's Win2K laptop could connect with no problem.
> The router also acted as a DHCP server. I decided yesterday to set up my
> Red Hat machine as a print server, so I disabled DHCP on the router and
> assigned a static IP to the RH box (the same IP the router always
assigned:
> 192.168.1.100 -- I should have just left it alone, huh?).
>
> When I did that, I was no longer able to browse or get email, but I didn't
> have time to mess with it, so I decided to change all the settings back. I
> enabled DHCP on the router, reset everything, including making sure that
> eth0 gets its IP from the DHCP server.
>
> So now the router won't route. I can ping hosts on the internet by IP and
> by hostname, but I can only browse by IP (which is not exactly practical).
> I tried to connect directly to the cable modem, taking the router out of
> the loop, and I can still ping by IP or hostname, but I still can't
browse.
> (I also tried a reset of the router, and all that seemed to do was revert
> it back to the factory password.)
>
> The odd thing is that only my Red Hat box has this problem. The Win2k
> machine also has problems with the router (can ping, can't browse), but
> when it's connected directly to the cable modem, it can browse just fine.
>
> BTW, the DNS settings in /etc/resolv.conf on the Red Hat machine are
> exactly the same as the DNS settings on the Win2k machine, and exactly the
> same as the settings on the router.
>
> Another thing about the Red Hat box is that when I start it up, it tells
me
> that it can't resolve the hostname, which is livia. However, the
/etc/hosts
> file DOES contain
> 127.0.0.1 livia localhost.localdomain localhost
> and has contained that line throughout this entire mess.
>
> Any ideas? Or should I just go give myself a swirly . . .
>
> -Michelle
>
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