Hey

I have a wifi router and an extra computer shares a connection with my wifi capable computer.
So in drawing:
Router --WiFi --> Comp A --Crossover--> Comp B

Only problem is Comp B has no DNS :/

My ISP's DNS servers are dynamically assigned, and Comp A looks to my router for DNS resolution. I pointed Comp B to the router, but it doesn't work. I pointed Comp B to Comp A (all devices tried); doesn't work... Comp B can ping Internet IP's though, and can ping any machine on my network... so I'm wondering if there's something extra I need to do with the routing tables, IP masquerading (I can't think of why though) to get my DNS to work... here are some IP's for reference...

Router: 192.168.0.1
range: 192.168.0.100 - 192.168.0.199

Comp A:
ath0 (wifi): 192.168.0.111 (DHCP)
eth0 (crossover): 192.168.1.1

Comp B:
eth0: 192.168.1.100

Can't you use same values for nameserver (in /etc/resolv.conf) for computer B as you use for other computers?

Well.. that was my reasoning. My other computer is set to 192.168.0.1 but that doesn't work for some reason...

I can ping 192.168.0.1 from Comp B, so it seems as if I would be able to use it as a DNS server too...

Hi,
I believe, u will have to run a dns server on comp A and set ur name server resolution on comp B point to comp A.

Correct me guys if im wrong........................

Heh... I was afraid of that...
I read about it and it seems that was the only solution that I could find on the Internet..

I guess I'll set it up for the time being, just for less tedious web browsing.
Thanks for the suggestions all!

why not use an external server like secondarydns.org as ComputerB's nameservers. That will save the need to install and run a caching dns server.

Again,
what is wrong with just copying /etc/resolv.conf from comp A to comp B? It doesn't work? Are you sure the router(192.168.0.1) working as a dns server? Then you have some routing problem with your udp packages.