Take the 2-minute tour ×  When I type in "google.com," firefox
tells me that the server is not found. When I type in the IP
address of google, it works just fine.  I was playing with this
computer at another place and it didn't have any problems.  I
have no idea what's wrong.  Also: this is a fresh install and
the computer is a little old.  share|improve this question  2
Answers 2  up vote 8 down vote accepted  The configuration file
/etc/resolv.conf contains information that allows a computer
connected to a network to resolve names into addresses.  Change
it to:   Also check that your dhclient is activated.
share|improve this answer Just curious: what gave it away? What
caused it? –  anonymous May 21 '12 at 4:22 It's the first thing
to check, after basic network connectivity, when diagnosing DNS
resolution problems. The fact you were "playing with this
computer at another place" without problems suggests a
misconfigured DNS resolver, which is done in /etc/resolv.conf on
UNIX-like systems. It's likely that p