hi folks,
i have a 64 bit machine with Suse-10.1 loaded on it.
I have a DSL to access internet and we are a couple of people using the DSL as the gateway to access the internet. Now when I m keeping the settings of my PC and DSL on "automatically attain IP address from DHCP", then i m able to access the internet.
But when I m giving a static address for the DSL and using its IP address as my default gateway for accessing internet, though it shows Knetwork connected , but doesnt let me access the internet.
Can somebody pls..... help me with the settings to be changed ,if any, or any other suggestions.
waiting for an early reply...

To set up a basic network manually you need to set the IP & mask,
the route table (showing your DSL as the router no doubt) and also
the dns server must be resolved so that you can translate names like
"www.google.com" into IP addresses.

If you have the default route set to your DSL, then you may be able
to launch dhclient from the command prompt and resolve DNS (or maybe
not depending on many factors).

I would strongly suggest you allow the system to automatically
attain IP's unless you have a strong need to tie IPs to particular
systems.

If you or one of your other users has two NICs, you could set up dhcpd, with the machine with two NICs acting as the local DHCP server. One NIC (eth0) connects to the ISP, the second NIC (eth1) connects to the LAN and assigns internal addresses for the other machines. At least, that's my understanding of how it could work.

This might give you some ideas:
http://www.zippydesign.com/ying/linux/dhcpd/index.html

Hi

There is another issue. Some routers(I had one) doesn't allow static IPed PCs to connect to them if the IT address is not given by them. It happens when the DHCP server is on on the router.

Orhi