Internet not working directly connected or wireless

[Dannyp32]

Hello I am new to Linux and I was trying out the fedora live cd but I couldn't get my Internet to work
hen I open firefox it always said server not kind no matter what I searched or put into the address bar
I tried many different things but none o them worked
I am ableto ping m router an I'm able to login to my routers page
I am also able to login to my modems page and it says connected to the Internet
I trie restarting the modem and the router but I still got the same problem
I also tried disabling the firewall but still had the same problem
I tried a command ( not sure what it was because someone was helpig me out) and I was able to receieve packets from google.com , but It never went through in firefox
I also tried out a torrent ( I had it saved on a USB) and it worked it was downloading fine
I am able to ping googles web page but I am not able to search anything gel
it
in firefox prefferences and in network proxy I tried many different proxy settings bit none o them worked I always get the message server not found
All this was done while connected directly with Ethernet cable modem and router but untried wireless and it didn't work either
on the top right corner of the screen the network icon says auto eth0 active
I'm using fedora 12 livecd

please help me out I'm a newbie and I really want it to work

[marko]

I tried a command ( not sure what it was because someone was helpig me out) and I was able to receieve packets from google.com , but It never went through in firefox

I suspect you mean "ping www.google.com"

Try to get to a web page with another browser, try "konqueror" (note this is a KDE browser so if you installed just Gnome desktop it might not be installed). Anyway, if you don't have konqueror, just try this:

Start Firefox, put in the location bar:

about:config

and hit enter.
There will be a warning about doing this, just hit the ok that you understand what you're doing and
In that config page, put in the filter slot:

ipv6

this will help you find the particular setting we want to change which is

network.dns.disableIPv6

right mouse click and select "toggle" so that the value becomes "true"

exit this config page and try to load a page. If the page loads then the problem is fixed. Firefox in Fedora tries to use IPv6
first and then IPv4 if that fails. On some ISPs and routers this causes problems. Setting network.dns.disableIPv6 to true makes
Firefox quit that and go straight to IP version 4 networking

Mark

[Dannyp32]

Thanks you very much you are a genius!!! it worked!