Re: [LUG] Libranet Debian

[Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All

I looked at the router to see the DNS - set that and nothing.

So, I took a step backwards and attempted to ping the router. Nothing. 
It did not accept any packages! I presume the network card is not 
properly configured. Any ideas?

Thanks

Rich

On 8 Jan 2005, at 17:47, Grant Sewell wrote:

> Let's make some presumptions (the addresses may be real, but they are 
> unintentionally so)
>
> Router's WAN (ADSL/Cable) IP address/SNMask:    83.245.29.100/255.0.0.0
> Router's LAN (Ethernet) IP address/SNMask:      192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0
> Libranet's LAN IP address/SNMask:               192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0
> Powerbook's LAN IP address/SNMask:              192.168.0.3/255.255.255.0
>
> Your Router will need to have a DNS setting (although you could be 
> your own DNS server, for a small setup like this, it's easier to 
> simply use your ISP as the DNS provider.  You should have been given 
> some addresses when you signed up).  Your hosts should either use your 
> Router's IP address for DNS or set them both up individually to use 
> your ISP's DNS addresses as well.  The former is usually more 
> practical.  The "default gateway/route" for both the PBook and the 
> Libranet machine should be the Router's IP address.  The "default 
> route/gateway" is usually something that is given with the IP address 
> from the DHCP server.  If you are getting IP addresses from the DHCP 
> server but not the default gateway setting, then you need to look at 
> your router's setup.
>
> Grant.


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