Can only connect to Google services

I am quite new to Ubuntu and Linux in general and have been experiencing the following issue for the last week or so:

I am only able to connect to websites from Google when using a wireless connection; a wired one works perfectly fine.

I just did a reinstall and it worked fine on a fresh Ubuntu for around 5 minutes until it stopped working again.

This occurred to me on Debian, Kubuntu and now 'stock' Ubuntu with Gnome as well.

I've been searching for a solution for this but haven't been able to find anything useful. What I already tried:

• Deleting the connection and re-adding it,
• Reinstalling my OS: From Debian to KDE Neon (Kubuntu) to Ubuntu (current),
• Deleting the connection in the router (not sure if it would help anyway but who knows),
• Factory Reset on the Router

All other devices work fine. Since I can connect to Google a hardware problem isn't likely. I've heard something about incorrectly setup DNS servers or something, maybe something isn't configured as it should be?

1 Answer

I finally managed to fix it. Setting the DNS manually in the IPv4 settings seems to work. Maybe its a problem with my ISP's DNS servers but changing it to use OpenDNS (208.67.220.220) worked for me.