thanks derek for that fast response. I did as you're told but still nslookup www.yahoo.com cant respond.
It said : can't find server name for address 203.172.11.26: No response from server truly ED -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Derek Jennings Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 3:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Unable to connect to DSL On Wednesday 09 Jun 2004 04:51, Edward See wrote: > Hi list, > > A pleasant day to you all. I'm rather new to linux. > We had setup a mandrake linux as proxy server with static IP to a DSL > connection. > > I had done the following: > > Network Card Configuration: > > ifconfig eth0 222.126.25.250 netmask 255.255.255.248 up for the static IP > (as provided by ISP) > eth1 is for the LAN and working okay by pinging. > > Configuration Files: > /etc/sysconfig/network > GATEWAY=222.126.25.249 > GATEWATDEV=eth0 > /etc/resolv.conf > nameserver 203.172.11.26 > nameserver 203.172.11.25 as provided by ISP > > I can ping the GATEWAY IP, the static IP and the local LAN PCs. > > I cannot ping the nameservers > issuing nslookup www.yahoo.com failed to return IP address. > > What am I missing? > > Thanks > Edward See > from the Philippines You do not need both GATEWAY and GATEWAYDEV If you do not have a router, then you do not need a GATEWAY statement. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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