that gateway is for the computer you are on, so the gateway would be the IP your ISP assigns via dhcp, the gateway to the client computers (the rest of your home network that is connecting to the Internet) would be the linux box eth0 IP. On Tuesday 04 September 2001 06:29, George Petri wrote: > Hello again! > > As you may be aware, a few months ago, I sent a message to the newbie list > concerning how my internet connection could not resolve host names. > A big thank you to those many people who sent responses to my call for > help. But unfortunately, none of the suggestions worked. > > The day before, I sent a message to the expert list about wu-ftpd being > extremely slow to respond to ftp requests... > > Finally, yesterday, I tracked down the source of *both* problems (until > now, I have been forced to use another install of Mandrake, and Windows to > use the internet): > > It was in /etc/sysconfig/network: > NETWORKING=yes > FORWARD_IPV4=no > HOSTNAME="tux350.reisersun" > DOMAINNAME=localdomain > GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 > GATEWAYDEV=eth0 > > Basically, if I remove the GATEWAY= and GATEWAYDEV= lines and > type "service network restart", my internet connection works perfectly > and wuftp is now very responsive. > > But I was wondering if anyway knows why the GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 > (the IP of my main computer, tux350.reisersun) line ruined my internet > connection and ftp server? I HAD put that line in so that later, I could > do internet connection sharing. Isn't that what a gateway is for -- so > that TCP/IP requests to outside networks (e.g. internet) go through the > gateway to the outside world? I mean making my machine a gateway > for the other computer shouldn't ruin my internet connection and ftp, > shoutd it? > > Thanks again, > George > > On Friday 20 July 2001 22:27, I wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I recently set up a network and fooled around with my networking config > > files and now DNS lookups don't appear to work :(, which explains why I > > have been recently using Outlook Express to send emails... > > > > Basically, I can connect to the Internet with no problems but once I'm > > online, I can't do a thing. > > > > If I type ping www.<any website>.com, this message pops up on my screen: > > YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound > > And ping just sits there waiting forever. > > > > If I run Konqueror or Netscape and type in www.<any website>.com, they > > also just sit there forever and never load. > > > > Before, I changed my config files, Internet in Mandrake (I'm using 7.2) > > worked fine. I have always used kppp to connect to the Internet. I have > > always been using the LT WinModem 5.78D driver. > > > > What is wrong? I want to use the Internet in Linux, not Windows! > > > > Perhaps, my config files have something to do with this, so here they are > > > > :) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > /etc/hosts: (btw, I have named my computer "tux350" and the > > other one on the network, "cups166", in my pretend domain "reisersun") > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > 192.168.1.1 tux350.reisersun tux350 > > 192.168.1.2 cups166.reisersun cups166 > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > /etc/HOSTNAME (note: this file did not exist before I made it!): > > ------------------------------------------------- > > tux350 > > > > ---------- > > /etc/host.conf: > > ---------- > > order hosts, nis, bind > > multi on > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > /etc/resolv.conf (note: I use an isp called Bigpond, which has > > everything - ip addresses, that is - starting with 139) > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > # search reisersun > > # search localdomain > > search localdomain > > > > # nameserver 192.168.1.1 > > nameserver 139.134.5.51 > > nameserver 139.134.2.190 > > > > # ppp temp entry > > nameserver 139.134.5.51 # ppp temp entry > > nameserver 139.134.2.190 # ppp temp entry > > nameserver 139.134.5.51 # ppp temp entry > > nameserver 139.134.2.190 # ppp temp entry > > > > ------------ END CONFIG FILES ------------- > > > > I can't remember the numerous other config files that I changed so please > > tell me if you need any others to help diagnose my problem. > > > > Before I changed anything, my computer used to be called the default > > "localhost.localdomain". > > > > Please help me fix my config files so that I can use my Internet > > connection again in Linux! > > > > Thanks, > > George ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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