On 6/24/05 5:17 PM, "John C. Plummer" <jcp@conecomp.com> wrote:
Most assuredly if it takes this long, it is a DNS issue. Check your hosts file and if you are not running a DNS server, put in your ISPs DNS.
Also, you you have your gateway in SUSE set up for the internal IP address of your Linksys? Typically 192.168.1.1
-- okay Hi okay, Sorry to be so dense. I tried to research DNS on the web and have read a lot about DNS, mainly servers, before bothering you all again. My LAN side is 4.18.22.142. Our former network guru liked that and all
On Wednesday 22 June 2005 19:31, okay wrote: the Windows boxes work with that gateway. The WAN is DHCP to the cable modem. If I type 4.18.22.142 in a browser URL, it asks for a Linksys login. Anyway, I was trying to determine what exactly to put in the /etc/hosts file. My ISP is www.atlanticbb.net. The host command shows its IP address to be 208.197.227.20. I put that in the hosts file with the URL in the hostname column and rebooted to no avail. I could put the DNS IP addresses in that are under the TCP/IP DNS entries and show in the /etc/resolv.conf file on a nameserver line. However, I'm not sure what to enter as the hostname for those 2 addresses. A DNS server (named) is not running. Could I ask what exactly goes in /etc/hosts for the ISP's DNS? Thanks. jcp
Your firewall has two IP addresses. One external, one internal. What happens if you type 192.168.1.1 in a web browser? If I understand this right, you have a cable modem, then a Linksys router/firewall? Is the cable modem set to give out IP addresses via DHCP? Is the Linksys also set to do the same? (that's asking for trouble) It's easier to have one DHCP server. If you do have the two items...each one has two IP addresses. What is the internal IP of _each_ one? You must have at least one class C address in your mix. (if it was me, I would turn off the DHCP server on the cable modem, and have it give out one static IP... If I'm on the right track, let me know and we can go on from here- -- Thanks, George ``One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know,'' ``Animal Crackers,'' 1930.