[PLUG] Using a router with AT&T cable, was (no subject)

[Robbert van Andel]

What I did was check a box in the TCP/IP configuration to get dns
information from the host, or something like that.  I rebooted (okay, so
I use windows a lot) and it worked.

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Richard Steffens
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 9:58 PM
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Using a router with AT&T cable, was (no subject)

Robbert van Andel wrote:

> As a follow up.  I am able to browse via ip, so it's obviously a dns
> issue.  Does linux have the ability to get dns information
dynamically?

> I recently obtained a router to connect to my ATT Cable modem.  My
Linux
> machine can see my router and I can configure in there.  The Ethernet
> card is set use DHCP but I cannot browse the Internet.  Any ideas?
I've
> tried setting up a static IP within the router's network, but that did
> not work.

Back in November, while trying to figure out how to run Apache on one of
my Linux machines for the benefit of other machines on my internal
network, Nathan Meyers gave me this advice:

> > So, if I set the IP address on that machine, it won't try to get one
> > from the router, but could still use the router's DNS service?
> 
> Yes, although you'll need to be sure to tell the host to use the
router's
> DNS. The host is probably gleaning that information from DHCP reply
> right now, so you'll need to add an entry in /etc/resolv.conf that
looks
> something like this:
> 
>     nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> 
> where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the router's inward-facing address.

Hope this helps.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
http://rsteff.home.attbi.com/

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