Help with broadband connection on Mandrake 10.1

dev_devil · 12-22-2005, 09:01 AM

in DHCP i dont get the option for giving gateway!!
can u suggest a way to set it up??
as for name server i am still trying to get it done no luck till now!

camorri · 12-22-2005, 10:27 AM

There are several ways. Probably using the route command is the simplest. Before you try this, open up konqueror and type in the address bar man:/route. This will bring up the man page and make it very readable. There are examples in there of how to add a gateway address.

You have to have a static route set to 192.168.1.1 first. I suspect you have that since you can ping 192.168.1.1.

This command should get it done ( as root ).

route add default gw 192.168.1.1

dev_devil · 12-22-2005, 10:41 AM

thnx
vl post the results after doin this!

dev_devil · 12-23-2005, 08:58 AM

it says file already added!

camorri · 12-23-2005, 10:45 AM

Good, That means your default Gateway should be 192.168.1.1. When you posted the results of /sbin/route that address was not shown,(it showed mygateway1.ar7 ) see the first page. Here is what /sbin/route should show.

Quote:

sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

This is from my machine. Would you verify yours shows the same.

Have you found out what the DNS IP addresses are yet?

At this point your router should be able to route you to the internet,if you use IP addresses, not URL's. You need the DNS IP addresses configured to make URL's work in your web browser.

dev_devil · 12-23-2005, 02:56 PM

i still get it the same

Code:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
default         mygateway1.ar7  0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

camorri · 12-24-2005, 05:02 AM

We know you have a default route set. The IP address is being equated to a name, mygateway1.ar7 I'm not at all sure how that got set up. The typical place to put that type of information is in /etc/hosts file. Have a look there, if you have the file at all. (The netwrok will work without it). If you have an entry there that looks like this :

Quote:

192.168.1.1 mygateway1.ar7

then I would leave it alone. You could veryify that also by doing a ping; like this,

ping mygateway1.ar7

If the ping works, it will report the IP address of mygateway1.ar7, and it should be 192.168.1.1. If that is what happens, you can leave that part alone.

I suspect you set up the gateway using the wizard. One of my main reasons for not liking wizards is new users (usually me) not understanding what is being done, sometimes picking the wrong option, an then having the water muddied by the confusion...

If the IP address is set wrong for mygateway1.ar7, then use the route command and delete the current gateway, and add it as described before. See the man page for the exact command syntax. Try again and let us know.

dev_devil · 12-24-2005, 08:03 PM

yes the ping reports the ip address as 192.168.1.1

david_ross · 12-25-2005, 12:51 PM

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camorri · 12-26-2005, 10:19 AM

O.K. we have spent some time, you have an IP address (DHCP server) from your D-link 502-T. It is time to try a ping out bound toward the internet. We need to determine if you are logged onto your ISP.

Open a konsole and try ping 64.179.4.149

64.179.4.149 is the IP address of LinuxQuestions.org. If that works, you do have a connection to your ISP, if not you probably do not. Try it, and post back the results.

dev_devil · 12-27-2005, 11:44 AM

well the problem is resolved
i had to add DNS server in the manage connections
my DNS server wasent 192.168.1.1 as it was shown

i checked the site where i configured the router and there were given two dns server add when i put them in using Manage Connections wizard the net started working
Neway thanx a ton for ur help n ur time!!

camorri · 12-27-2005, 12:39 PM

I glad you found the problem. I'm happy to help.