[PLUG] Can't get past my router

[rsteff at comcast.net]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Carlos Konstanski wrote: 

> You need to fix your /etc/resolv.conf file, I'll bet. 

and 

Matt M. wrote: 

> More than likely, when you connected by DHCP, the DHCP server gave your 
> machine a new resolv.conf file, and when you get home that doesn't work 
> anymore. 

Sure enough, resolv.conf was changed by dhcp at Free Geek. It has: 

search fglan 
nameserver 192.168.253.11 
nameserver 192.168.253.12 

I have no idea what resolv.conf had before that, and it looks like a backup copy was not made by dhcp. I Linux-Googled [resolv.conf Ubuntu] and found that some other folks have had this problem. I tried copying the concepts they used. Here's what's in resolv.conf now: 

iface eth0 inet static 
address 192.168.0.253 
netmask 255.255.255.0 
network 192.168.0.0 
broadcast 192.168.0.255 
gateway 192.168.0.1 

(Their example was for 192.168.1.x.) 

After saving that, they recommend: 

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart 

I did that, but it didn't seem to help. 

Does that resolv.conf look right, or is there something missing? 

Now that I know that 

search fglan 
nameserver 192.168.253.11 
nameserver 192.168.253.12 

are from Free Geek, when I look at System>Administration>Network from the Ubuntu menu, I see that I needed to remove them from the DNS Servers and Search Domains sections of Network Settings. I don't know what should go back, though. Would that be something like comcast.net? 

Thanks for all the help. 

-- 
Regards, 

Dick Steffens