Re: Internet set up
From: Randy (abuse_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 05/08/05
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Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 00:09:21 GMT
Lenard wrote:
> Randy wrote:
>
>
>>OK I tried to ping and I can't. At this point I would say that my dns
>>isn't set up and my gateway settings are incorrect. I found that
>>there
>>is an update to my router firmware, so I will go do that now. What
>>information do I need to set up the gateway and dns?
>
>
>
> Check your ethernet configuration file and make sure that your gateway
> to the router is set. Some routers for one reason or another do not
> supply the information correctly as far as Linux is concerned. The fix
> is to manually supply the GATEWAY information. The DNS information
> should be automagically created for you.
>
> Sample /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file;
>
> # Realtek|RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ <--the hardware device
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> USERCTL=yes
> PEERDNS=yes
> IPV6INIT=no
> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 <-- your routers internal TCP/IP address here
>
> Sample /etc/resolv.conf file;
>
> ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
> nameserver 63.251.38.131
> nameserver 63.251.38.133
>
>
where do you get the nameserver address?
I updated my router and now I can ping numbers but I can't get names so
looks like my DNS is not set up.
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