SuSE 9.0 Personal internet connection problem

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 13:42 -0700, Dale McGarry wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
>  
> 
> I installed SuSE 9.0 Personal on a spare PC and everything worked
> fine. I was able to connect to the internet using Konqueror and
> attempted to do an online update using YaST. While this was going on I
> had a power interruption (I accidentally turned the power off) and now
> I can not connect to the internet.
> 
>  
> 
> I reinstalled the operating system and my nic card is recognized ( D-
> Link DFE-530TX+), but still no connection. When I try to connect to
> CNN, I get “ an error occurred while loading , http://www.cnn unknown
> host www.cnn. I have Cox Cable as my provider and I am able to access
> the internet when I connect to my XP computer, so no problem there. I
> am very new to Linux and do not have any idea where to begin to
> troubleshoot this problem. 
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Easier to read if you would use plain text emails than html

do you have an ip address? get a terminal window open, type 'ifconfig'

if you have an ip address, then report the output of
'cat /etc/resolv.conf'

Cox cable modems are notorious for not allowing you to switch computers
without powering the cable modem off - are you using a 'router' type
device? More information about your setup would be helpful - crystal
ball cloudy.

Craig