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I just setup Slackware 8.1 on an old computer and connected it to my network.
My network setup is as follows:
cable -> win2000 machine (acting as router) -> slackware computer and my winXP computer
Now I set my connection on slackware as follows:
IP: 192.168.0.251
netmask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 198.168.0.1 (address of NIC on the win2000 machine)
nameserver: 192.168.0.1 (also tried leaving this blank and using my ISP's nameservers)
whatever I do it just won't resolve any domain names, if i type in IP addresses it works fine
setting netconfig to DHCP results in no connection at all.
Post up what /etc/resolv.conf looks like. This is where I ran into trouble recently, and it was as simple as adding my ISP's nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf in this fashion:
nameserver 1.2.3.4
nameserver 4.5.6.7
Replacing 1.2.3.4 with the actual IP of my ISP's nameservers.
Stupid me, on my windows 2000 server i have BlackIce running...i forgot to have it trust my slackware box's ip address...DOH! once i set it to trust it everything worked fine
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