Hi Toby. Thanks for the help I got it to work! The problem was that I had the wrong filename. I had resolv.conf instead of resolve.conf. Thanks again! ----- Original Message ----- From: Toby Fisher <toby_fisher@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:36 AM Subject: Re: question > On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > Hi. Sorry about all the posts, but I'm updating information as I > > figure things out. If anyone wants me to change the thread, please let > > me know. I got ifup to configure my linksys card, and I get an Ip > > address. However, it diesn't seem that its using tha gateway > > 192.168.0.1 specified in /etc/network/interfaces. Also, it doesn't > > seem to be using the nameserver in /etc/resolve.conf. In fact, Lynx > > can't resolve google.com because of this. I also restarted the inetd > > and init processes. Am I missing something here as far as > > configuration goes? Thanks in advance! > > Hmmm, > Well, first of all, I assume you are using a Redhat system. I don't know > a lot about those as I use Slackware here, but you need to ensure that > somewheere in your startup scripts is a line to bring up the interface > using ifconfigensuring that it either specifies the ip address of your > gateway, or references a shell variable which has been previously defined > in the script. Also, although I have not found any documentary support > for this, I have found, for some reason, that ip addresses in the > 192.168.0 subnet seem to present problems, i.e. they do not seem to be > recognised in certain circumstances. This may not be correct, and is > merely anecdotal on my part, but just in case, I always use 192.168.1.0/24 > network instead, just to be safe. > > In addition, I believe I can shed some light on your dns problem. The > file /etc/resolve.conf is not what you need, note the spelling. The file > is in /etc but is r e s o l v dot c o n f, not r e s o l v e dot c o n f. > > HTH > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com