[NBLUG/talk] Can't connect to the Internet

[Barry Stump]

I've run into your exact problem.  If you restart or reset your
computer without using vpnc-disconnect, it won't clean up the extra
vpnc entries in resolv.conf, and your DNS resolution will be all
screwed up.  The solution is to sort the file out by hand, and then
remember to never restart without explicitly calling vpnc-disconnect
first.  Good luck.

-Barry

On Jan 31, 2008 8:48 AM, Roger House <rhouse at sonic.net> wrote:
> Yesterday while using my Ubuntu machine to work on a remote machine via
> VPN (using vpnc), my keyboard locked up.  The mouse cursor still worked,
> but there seemed to be no way to get back to Ubuntu on my local machine.
> In desperation (and perhaps foolishly), I hit the reset button.  Soon
> enough Ubuntu was back up and running on my local machine, but I had no
> Internet connection, and I have not had it since.
>
> I have a home office network with a cable modem, router, and three
> computers, the Ubuntu machine, my wife's Windows machine, and another
> Windows machine that I almost never use.  I quickly verified that both
> Windows machines have Internet access.  So the problem lies with the
> Ubuntu machine or its connection to the router.  The latter does not
> seem to be a problem since I can access the router from the Ubuntu
> machine with Firefox.  In fact I see a DHCP Clients Table which contains
> info on my two Windows machines, but not on the Ubuntu machine.
>
> I'm guessing that by hitting the reset button things were left in some
> unpleasant state on the Ubuntu machine which prevents it from connecting
> to the Internet.
>
> Any input on what to do will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Roger House
>
>
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