Internet not working but Torrents still work?!

[jimstar79]

Once again i'm having serious issues with internet connection in 10.04.

everything was fine until this morning configuring tor and privoxy. I was actually following some advice to remove polipo in case of a conflict arising.

Then lost internet connection. Torrents still come down fine.

Have since removed all traces of polipo/privoxy and vidalia.

I have found in the Configuration Editor in System/http_proxy and autoconfig_url that 127.0.0.1 and ports 8118 and 9050 are still listed.

I have a feeling these should not be like that. Maybe they are stopping access to the internet?

Would love it if someone could help!

thanks in advance

[cherva]

Maybe you messed up your DNS servers ?
Check them via

cat /etc/resolv.conf

and if they are not yours change them.
Free DNS servers are:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
And the format of this file is:

nameserver XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

Where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is your DNS Server

[jimstar79]

hey cherva,

just ran that command and got:

domain localdomain
search localdomain
nameserver 192.168.1.1

is that normal?


where would i edit that info?

thanks man

[cherva]

Try changing it to only:

nameserver 208.67.222.222

You can do it by opening a terminal ( Applications->Accessories->Terminal ) and typing:

gksu gedit /etc/resolv.conf

You will need to enter your password.

[jimstar79]

well, opened resolv.conf and it was empty...

...so I typed in that DNS address and OMFG it works - Cherva, dude, you are a STAR!!!

here is one massive cyber hug

<<<<<SQUEEEEZE>>>>>

merci, graci, danke, thanks, cheers!!