Hi all

Could you help me with my new router. I have just installed a Netgear DG834G in place of a single port router which was working on a static IP setup.

I have changed the settings on my FC3 machine to DHCP and it all connected fine.

I can see the wan settings OK and everything is connected and working.

When I try to access a website I get a "could not connect " error.

If I connect my winME notebook with DHCP enabled it logs on to the network fine and can browse the web without a problem.

Any ideas.

Regards

Kevin Hill

Have you entered the isp DNS address(es) in /etc/resolv.conf?

Is it important to enter a DNS for the ISP?

I have just managed to make it work by doing this

Log on as root

ifconfig eth0 up
dhclient
route -n

then ping www.google.com to test the connection

For me this fixed the problem and all is working.

If it hadn´ t you then type

route add default gw 192.168.0.1

then

route -n

This should work.

Thanks

Entering DNS depends on whether or not your ISP provides DNS servers over DHCP. It sounds like yours does, so you probably don't need to re-enter them. Can you ping your router from your Linux machine? If not, it is probably not picking up the DHCP information properly. If so, run /sbin/route -n and make sure your router is set as the default route.

Yes I can ping the router and the ISP.

All is configured and running well.

I added the DNS into the resolv.conf file and it seems to have sped up the logon to the system.

Thanks for your help.