Re: [Sheflug] RE: Darrells Smoothwall/Network hassles

[Darrell Blake <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I used to have the IP's set to 192.168.1.1 and .2 but someone mailed me on 
this list and said to try just .68 instead of .168. Either way I still get 
the same problem. I'm not even getting a reply when I ping the machine so I 
don't see the point in setting up a DNS server yet. Plus, my modem connection 
and DNS server settings can only be set up when I connect to the smoothwall 
machine through a browser on my main machine, which I can't do.

Darrell

On Monday 08 October 2001 13:46, you wrote:
> >On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 01:08:38PM +0100, Darrell Blake wrote:
> > same problem. I've also tried setting the IP's to 192.68.1.1 and
> > 192.68.1.2 Quick thing:                                   ^^^^
> >        isn't it 192.168.x.x? If I'm talking genitalia, please ignore this
>
> post :-)
>
> >José
>
> I was about to say that :-) You're right, José.
>
> Darrell,
>
> I had a read through the Smoothwall docs (smoothwall.org)  they're quite
> good - have another read through them and ensure that you're setting
> everything up correctly.
>
> Things to note:
>
> Unless you have a DNS server running locally or on the Smoothwall box, and
> your workstation is setup to use it, you will need to set smoothwall to
> allow you to connect to a DNS server (if you're not aware, a DNS server is
> the server that allows your PC to figure out that www.sheflug.co.uk is
> actually 194.247.47.86 - hostname to IP resolution). My guess is that
> you'll need it.
>
> Secondly, with Smoothwall 0.9.9 you connect to the Smoothwall box on a
> wierd port - either http://192.168.1.1:81/ (standard connection) or
> https://192.168.1.1:445/ (secure connection).
>
> José is right, if you're using 192.68.1.1, this is wrong. The Smoothwall
> box is 192.168.1.1, and your workstation is probably best on 192.168.1.2,
> with the gateway set to 192.168.1.1.
>
> You will also have to enter a valid DNS server address into the
> /etc/resolv.conf file on your workstation. Either check your ISPs help
> pages (normally useless), or look through /var/log/messages on your
> Smoothwall box after you dialup/connect with the 'less' or 'more' commands
> - you should see a line like:
>
> Oct 6 12:00:00 pppd[1234] Primary DNS server: 100.200.100.200
>
> (all the numbers are just examples)
>
> So, for that enter the line
>
> nameserver 100.200.100.200 into /etc/resolv.conf on your workstation. The
> Smoothwall box, being the machine that is dialing up should deal with that
> itself.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Baz.
>
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