Can someone help me reach the Internet!!!???

AMDPwred · 12-18-2001, 07:27 PM

I'm on Red Hat 7.2 and I can't reach the Net. When I had 7.1 it auto detected and must have setup the network settings for me. For some reason, with 7.2, it isn't doing this. Now, for my home network, I have a Linksys router using DHCP and 3 PCs hooked into it. 2 of them are my Win PCs and my third is the Linux box. I know the internal IP of my Linux box and I've done 'netconfig' and entered it. I'm not sure where I can find the info for the other three settings though. Any help guys?!?

trickykid · 12-18-2001, 08:25 PM

your gateway should be the 192.168.1.1 for the linksys router by default, and you can setup your DNS entries by attaining them from a windows box using the winipcfg or ipconfig /all command.. and your netmask should be 255.255.255.0 by default with the router...

AMDPwred · 12-18-2001, 08:26 PM

Ok, let me try that quick...pray!

AMDPwred · 12-18-2001, 08:32 PM

No luck

My netconfig looks like this:

IP = 192.168.1.2
Netmask = 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway = 192.168.1.1
Primary nameserver = 24.30.225.17 (which was grabbed from my router settings as the WAN).

Any ideas?

trickykid · 12-18-2001, 08:38 PM

alright.. i answered some more in the newbie section.. but you might have to add your hostname and domain server.. sometimes the isp requires that.. or it might work in linux with it.. i have mine added on my slackware box with no problems.. but wouldn't work till i had at least the hostname listed..

AMDPwred · 12-18-2001, 08:40 PM

I'm using DHCP. Would that matter at all?

dawhoo · 12-22-2001, 08:33 PM

If using DHCP, you need to make sure the router is set as the DHCP server ~ 192.168.1.1 Other than that, I would set DNS to the router as well.

...dauf

trickykid · 12-22-2001, 10:50 PM

you DNS would be that of your ISP.. if using DHCP, your going to at least need your Gateway and DNS most likely..

dawhoo · 12-23-2001, 02:14 AM

I must have missunderstood something. All machines on my LAN are setup as follows. I am using the Linksys BESFR41

IP 192.168.1.100~114
SUB 255.255.255.0
GATE 192.168.1.1
DNS 192.168.1.1

When using a static IPs (router setting), you will have to use the ISP's DNS. But if DHCP is enabled on the router, DNS can be set to the router in most cases.

I enabled DHCP on the router, but asigned static IPs to the computers. Setting the router to begin asigning IPs at 192.168.1.100 and going up from there.

http://www.linksys.com/support/support.asp?spid=69 has information about most DSL and cable ISPs and which need ISP's need DNS to be entered into the ethernet card.