Netgear ADSL DG632 Modem-Router and Linux Configuration Issues

miCRoSCoPiCeaRthLinG · 07-02-2005, 03:39 AM

Hi guys,
Here's my problem. First a little information about my home network structure:

1. File server + experimental webserver (P4 3Ghz running on FC3)
2. Intended Mail + FTP server (Celeron 500Mhz running on RHEL AS 3)
3. 4 Windows workstations (all P4 2.4Ghz)
4. A 3Com 26 Port Managed switch
5. A NetGear DG632 ADSL Modem-router

Now all my computers are connected to a 3Com 26 Port Managed Switch - the switch itself it connected to a NetGear DG632 ADSL Modem-router.

I don't use the router's (very little configurable) DHCP - instead my system number 1 - the linux server runs the DHCP server, which hands out IP's to all the Windows workstations based on their MAC addresses. Server 1 & 2 have their own static IPs. The router obviously has it's own pre-assigned static IP.

Problem: The windows workstations can access the internet without any problem, but none of the linux systems can (if a site is called by its domain name).

The /etc/sysconfig/network file on both linux servers have the router IP specified in them (GATEWAY=router IP)
The /etc/hosts on both are made to recognize all systems on my internal LAN at least.

So what's going wrong ? Which other file I need to configure to make linux get to the net through the router ? The linux systems can be reached from any computer on the internal LAN and vice-versa.. but they simply wouldn't resolve any domain on the net.

I know for sure, it's a DNS resolution problem because both linux servers can access any given numerical IP - i.e. they can reach them - but just not by the domain names.. where do I specify the primary/secondary DNS servernames ?

Any help would be immensely appreciated

Thanks,
m^e

sind · 07-02-2005, 04:04 AM

The usual place to specify DNS servers is in /etc/resolv.conf. The basic format is:

Code:

nameserver <IP>

ie

Code:

nameserver 12.34.56.78
nameserver 87.65.43.21

man 5 resolv.conf might give you some more details.

~sind

miCRoSCoPiCeaRthLinG · 07-02-2005, 05:12 AM

Thanks

But I forgot to mention, that I'd already done that. Still after you mentioned I went back again and tried tweaking around - re-entered my ISP's DNS IP's .. but no effect. Even now when I try accessing any site by the domain name it says "no route to host" or "cannot resolve".

Any ideas ?