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On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:12:50 +0100 Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Neil Winchurst wrote: > > At the end of May I started using a broadband connection. > > Mandriva2006 > > Eclipse broadband > > D-Link DSL-G604T router. > > What is the network configuration of the PC? > > (If you're not sure, copy the contents of /etc/network/interfaces in a > reply.) > I don't have this file on the computer. > It sounds like the PC is booting with the wrong config - to the point > where it cannot find the network connection. Follow Robin's advice and > isolate *which* components of the network are still working before you > reboot the router. > But, in that case, why did it all work OK for three months? > Check the boot messages for DHCP commands which may be overriding your > config. > > Also, check /etc/resolv.conf which may have been overwritten. This would > make it hard to locate local devices and could disable DNS resolution if > the local nameserver cannot be found. > I don't have this file. > If you set your local DNS on the router, the IP address of the router > should be your nameserver. If you run bind on the PC, the nameserver IP > should be the static IP of the PC. > I don't understand all that. The router was set up for me. All I did was plug it in to the computer and it worked. > Final thing to check is '# route'. The PC should have a default gateway > which in turn can access the internet, so it's usually the router. > I ran /sbin/route and have attached the output Meanwhile....my wife has her laptop downstairs and uses a wireless connection to the router. This is still working fine, with no need to reboot the router. Is that significant? Neil > -- > > Neil Williams > ============= > http://www.data-freedom.org/ > http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ > http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ > >
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