Network

[Internet]->[Cable Modem DHCP client]->[WAP Router using DHCP server]->[WGP54G]->[computer Fedora 3]

I have been able to get wireless working somewhat.

If I use 'dhclient wlan0' the card get configured and works fine.

However, I need to use a static IP on this particular computer (running webserver and port forwarding from Router). So, if I use 'ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.2' to set the ip, the computer can not longer resolve any names or ping the dns servers (although works fine locally).

/etc/resolv.conf.....

nameserver 12.207.232.22
nameserver 12.207.234.13

if I use dhclient, it populates the /etc/resolv.conf looks the same with the exception of a comment at the beginning of the file (which says that dhclient added this).

ifconfig

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:41:14:94:90
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:41ff:ff14:9490/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:16693 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16645 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1209622 (1.1 MiB) TX bytes:3426236 (3.2 MiB)
Memory:e7000000-e7001fff

iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"blahblah"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:0F:66:C4E:67
Bit Rate:18Mb/s Tx-Power:13 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:90/100 Signal level:-61 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:8028 Invalid misc:17358 Missed beacon:0

What am I missing?

Thx
Tony

Not sure why this should be, but static IP only works for me when the entries I have in resolv.conf are a search entry and a nameserver entry which is the default gateway
eg
Search Belkin
nameserver 192.168.1.1
cheers

did you set the default gateway?

route add default gw 192.168.1.1


also, you should verify udp port 53 is open to outbound traffic, for name resolution.

thx.

I put the gateway's ip for the nameserver, but not sure where you are coming up with Belkin for the Search parameter?

...not working yet.....

mcd,

thx, adding the gw via the 'route' command seems to have worked.



tony

awesome. i don't remember if that's permanent, but if it's not you can enter it in the same config file you put your static ip in (for me it's /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf). there should be a line

GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"

Belkin is my router. Sorry, it wasn't really relevant.