[olpc-help] Browser failed to connect

[mattsalz]

RJ Eide said


> actiontec is model GT704-wg and has firmware 3.130.1.0.6.1, the latest according to web site of my isp, tds metrocom.


I have the same isp and router

Two changes that worked for me were:

1. changed the wireless channel to 6 - was initially set to 9 had problems with channel 1 - not sure why

2. manually set dns server as root as suggested by phigan
 

> Can you 'ping yahoo.com' from Terminal? Can you 'yum update' as root? If you can't and you get errors, check your resolv.conf by typing 'cat /etc/resolv.conf'. This is where your DNS server should go in the format: 
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> nameserver <ip address>
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> Say your DNS server is 68.2.16.30 (a working DNS server). To manually set it, you can do (as root): 
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> echo "nameserver 68.2.16.30" > /etc/resolv.conf
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I also found this on support faqs - olpc 



> XO Connects to Wi-Fi Access Point but no Browse or search
> Symptom: I can connect, but I cannot browse/search any pages.
> Most likely, the XO has failed to receive DNS information from your internet access point. If this is the case, you would be able to access the Internet for sites named directly with IP addresses but not their common names. In other words, http://209.85.133.18/ would work but http://www.google.com/ would not.
> Verify what the XO has received (from the Internet access point) for DNS information by using the Browse activity and looking at this URL:
> file:///localhost/etc/resolv.conf
> This page should show the IP address of the DNS server assigned by the Internet access point. If there isn't an IP address on this page, or if the IP address assigned is wrong, this would account for the behavior you're seeing.
> If there is no IP address, or the address is wrong, you'll need to determine why the Internet access point is failing to supply one, but this is likely to be misconfiguration of the access point.


Matt