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Re: [LUG] broadband again

 

On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 23:42:06 +0100
Simon Robert wrote:

> I'm stuck and don't know how to configure this. I have 2 PCs and a 
> speedtouch router.  I set up a local network where the router is 
> 10.0.0.138, the XP box 10.0.0.1 and the mandrake box 10.0.0.2.
> 
> After lots of hassle with fixed IP addresses I decided that I would at 
> least get the XP box talking to the internet. So I switched the XP 
> network setting from fixed address to DCHP. This worked, and the 
> mandrake PC still sees the XP box as 10.0.0.1, the XP PC sees mandrake 
> as ...0.2 while at the same time seeing the internet with an IP address 
> chosen via DCHP. Linux sees the router, 10.0.0.138, but not the internet.
> 
> What do I need to do? I'm using webmin as a setup tool.
> 
> Thanks
>      Simon

What have you got as your default gateway on the Linux box (use the command "route" 
to find out)?  Have you got the correct DNS entries in /etc/resolv.conf?

Grant
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