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#1 2013-07-27 13:12:28

psycho
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Registered: 2013-04-26
Posts: 29

[Solved] Wireless issue - connected, yet no internet

Hello,

I have encountered the following problem using wireless on my Sony laptop: wifi-menu / wicd shows that i'm connected to my home wireless connection, yet i have to start Firefox to 'have' internet access. As i can't properly express my issue, i will make a scheme :

-- boot
  - wicd-curses
    - 'Connected to wirelessconnection at 70% (IP: 192.168.0.101)
  - curl google.com
    - 'curl: (6) Could not resolve host: google.com
  - sudo pacman -Syu
    - 'error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from servername : Resolving timed out'
  - firefox (homepage set to duckduckgo)
    *- websites work
    *- internet works

I have to state that only firefox can help me get my internet connection going, as uzbl-browser or steam or any other program can't.

Thanks, psycho.

Last edited by psycho (2013-07-29 11:28:42)


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#2 2013-07-28 05:26:54

youngunix
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Registered: 2013-01-16
Posts: 42
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Re: [Solved] Wireless issue - connected, yet no internet

You say you have no internet but you can browse websites on your Firefox! Check your firewall's rules list and see what's being blocked.
Instead of :

$ curl google.com

try

$ ping -c 5 google.com

Also, you can try the following commands:

# pacman-db-upgrade
# pacman-optimize
# pacman -Syyu 

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#3 2013-07-29 10:02:10

psycho
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Registered: 2013-04-26
Posts: 29

Re: [Solved] Wireless issue - connected, yet no internet

but you can browse websites on your Firefox!

After i start firefox, everything works. It's not only firefox that works.


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#4 2013-07-29 11:17:32

whoops
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Registered: 2009-03-19
Posts: 891

Re: [Solved] Wireless issue - connected, yet no internet

You can also try (while it's not working):

curl 173.194.112.136
curl 173.194.112.136 | html2text

and

dig google.com

Maybe something with your DNS server is wrong (possibly the router offers this service but doesn't do it right, so your machine needs to be "motivated" to do it itself by firefox)?

Did you check your hosts / resolv if everything is ok there?

Last edited by whoops (2013-07-29 11:19:06)

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#5 2013-07-29 11:28:22

psycho
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Registered: 2013-04-26
Posts: 29

Re: [Solved] Wireless issue - connected, yet no internet

whoops wrote:

You can also try (while it's not working):

curl 173.194.112.136
curl 173.194.112.136 | html2text

and

dig google.com

Maybe something with your DNS server is wrong (possibly the router offers this service but doesn't do it right, so your machine needs to be "motivated" to do it itself by firefox)?

Did you check your hosts / resolv if everything is ok there?

Nothing in /etc/hosts, but these in /etc/resolv.conf

# Generated by dhcpcd from wlp7s0
# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
nameserver 192.168.0.1
# /etc/resolv.conf.tail can replace this line

No idea why, but after i upgraded to 3.10.3-1, it works. Thank you both for your help.


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