Ben Scott wrote: > On 9/17/07, Don Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> When I bring up the network /etc/resolv.conf has the following: >> >> search >> nameserver 192.168.1.1 >> >> This is true for both hardwired and wireless. >> > > What were you expecting instead? Have you tried actually running a > lookup with that IP address as the "nameserver"? > > 192.168.1.1 may actually be correct. As I recall, the stock LinkSys > firmware runs a DNS proxy on the router. That means machines inside > your LAN can just send their DNS queries to the router, and the router > will handle forwarding the request out to whatever the ISP nameservers > are today. > > Assuming that is *not* the situation: Have you tried rebooting the > router? Have you tried updating to the latest firmware on the router? > (These are standard procedures, yes, but they're standard because > they often work. :) ) > > Assuming *that* does not fix anything: What OS/distribution/release > are you running on your DHCP client? > > -- Ben > > I do not remember what it looked like when things worked.
If I try to ping the Roadrunner name server I get from 192.16.1.1 Destination Unreachable dig fails to find a server I am running SuSE 10.2 . I rebooted the router which made no difference. I could look into new firmware but it has been running fine for months. Don _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/