VPN connection and browsing used to work on this machine but about 6mo to a year or so ago it stopped. Only now getting back to trying to fix it.
I would like to be able to connect to the internet for browsing, vpn etc.
I would say that it seems as though I can successfully ping 8.8.8.8 and other IP addresses, such as one I looked up for www.netgear.com: 52.222.150.177
I also would say that there seems to be a DNS problem because I cannot successfully ping www.google.com or www.netgear.com
But I do not have a great handle on these terms or the concepts to which they refer.
I say that I can ping IPs because I get things like this:
user@user ~ $ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.
56 (84) bytes of data.64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=120 time=49.0 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=120 time=50.0 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 49.046/49.557/50.069/0.557 ms
user@user ~ $ ping 52.222.150.177
PING 52.222.150.177 (52.222.150.177) 56 (84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 52.222.150.177: icmp_seq=1 ttl=232 time=173 ms
64 bytes from 52.222.150.177: icmp_seq=2 ttl=232 time=171 ms
^C
--- 52.222.150.177 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 171.326/172.244/173.159/0.915 ms
I say that there is maybe a DNS problem because I get things like this:
user@user ~ $ ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
user@user ~ $ ping www.netgear.com
ping: unknown host www.netgear.com
But I also do not really understand the dynamics at play here. Nor do I have much experience with Linux or command line UI.
So I am confused, when i put the IPs into fierfox browser, from it coming back identifying the Domain Name in the address bar instead of the already entered IP, but it has your usual "we're having trouble finding that site" error. So for instance, I put a FB IP address '157.240.20.35' into the browser address bar and upon returning the 'could not find error' it resolved the IP in the address bar to say 'www.facebook.com'. So it seems DNS is working in some way? Or maybe fierfox has its own offline IP resolution and I am just confounding these results?
I also cannot seem to connect to my VPN servers with NordVPN.
Other computers and phones on the network connect to internet without issue. They also connect to VPN.
According to the "how to get help" post, you desire the output of 'inxi -Fxz'. Please excuse errors, I am typing all of this message out bc the problem machine can't connect, thus no post, thus no copy/paste. And on top of this my keyboard on the working computer has an issue with the 'r' key. Apologies in advance!
user@user ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: user Kernel: 4.4.0-128-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-lubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah
Machine: System: ByteSpeed LLC product: Ronan School District #30
Mobo: Intel model: DG41TY v: AAE47335-203
Bios: Intel v: TYG4110H.86A.0024.2009.0324.1324 date: 03/24/2009
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E7400 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3) bmips:11200
clock speeds: max: 2793 MHz 1: 2793 MHz 2: 1596 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1680x1050@59.95Hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G41 x86/MMX/SSE2
GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-128-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
driver: rrtl8192cu usb-ID: 001-002
IF: wlx0013ef6c1b25 state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (70.9 used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST3250318AS size: 250.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 226G used: 162G (76%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap -1 size: 4.25GB used: 0.03GB (1%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperature: cpu: 31.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 181 Uptime: 101 days Memory: 1367.8/4003.9MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc Cys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
Wow typing that sucked..
Hope this helped. Thank you for reading and taking an interest in solving my issue.
