On 5/17/06, abhishek jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > I have recently setup or rather converted a Server into a VPS hosting > machine. > I can access the machine from the outside but cannot wget /ping anything > from inside the VPS, i get Temporary resol error. > I have setup /et/resolv.conf and there is no firewall running. > > I think mine network settings might be wrong. Can anyone tell me whats > these > terms and how to change them/how to use them. > 1)Default gateway > 2)Subnet mask. > Thanks, > Abhishek jain >
hey, default gateway -> if you are sending anything to outside world it goes to the default gateway and then it is routed to the outside world. Default gateway can be a PC, Router, Firewall, ADSL Modem/ Router etc. means if you want to send anything to internet or to outside world it will go to this default gateway and then the default gateway has the table / settings to send it to the outside / internet world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_gateway http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&hs=MEu&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&defl=en&q=define:Subnet+Mask&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title If you are using centos / fedora / redhat distro then /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ---> for ethernet 0 settings /etc/sysconfig/network ----> if you have 2 ethernet cards then default gateway should be define over here otherwise if you have only one ethernet card then ifcfg-eth0 will have default gateway settings if you have second ethernet card then /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 ---> for ethernet 1 settings Regards Ankush Grover _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
