Re: [sheflug] Help with broadband

[J Simpson V21 <hubblesimpson [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lesley,

Lesley Binks wrote:

>  Janet
>
> I'm fairly sure you need to set up the DNS servers.  Your ISP should 
> have given you a username and password  You will have already fed this 
> into a configuration page for the router to get to the point where 
> things looks like they are actually connected to the outside world.
>
> In that same set of information your ISP should have given you two DNS 
> server IP addresses which need to go into every machine on your 
> network.   This will be your router and the PC you have connected to 
> the router.  Under all Linux systems that information goes into the 
> /etc/resolv.conf file.

They only gave me protocol PPPoA, encapsulation VC-MUX, VPI 0 and VCI 
38.  Do I need to get back to them for IP addresses?
So have I got this straight, my PC connects to the router using one set 
of information my router connects to my ISP with another set of 
information? I can follow that, but I can't see that on the information 
I'm looking at on the router set up page?

>
> DNS is a look up table which identifies www.google.com with the IP 
> address 64.233.167.99.

That appears to be working fine.

>
> You can check by pinging google, as already suggested.  Set the DNS 
> server IP addresses in the router and then see if you can ping from it 
> to google on 64.233.167.99.  Then put the DNS server IP addresses into 
> your /etc/resolv.conf on your PC and any other machines on the network 
> and check for connectivity with
>
> ping -c 2 64.233.167.99
> ping -c 2 www.google.com
>
> Both will ping the same address, but you will only get a result from 
> the second form if DNS is working throughout your network.
>
I'm completely lost on the bit above.  I have used gedit, but it was 
sometime ago, (see I remembered something).  I'll go away and see if I 
can remember what to do or if I have written it down somewhere.

> Given you've been able to access your router's configuration and 
> management programs, I'd say your gateway address from your PC to the 
> router is correct.  It should be the router's IP address (192.168.0.1 
> or whatever you are using). The gateway address on the Internet side 
> is your external IP address given you by your ISP, whether DHCP or fixed.

It says DHCP on.  Right I shall dial up to access my ISP's website and 
ask them for it. hopefully someone can tell me where to typ the 
information when I have it.

>
> Your router will be doing a lot of firewalling for you, but you might 
> want to look at learning iptables so that you can set up your own 
> firewall, or products like SmoothWall ( http://smoothwall.org/ ) for 
> an idea of what's available doing the same thing with a GUI attached.

I thought I set up iptables when I installed fedora core 2???  It 
appeared to be quite easy.  Just answered some questions about what I 
would be doing with my machine.

>
> Congratulations on getting broadband btw.

Not quite there yet. I had already posted a reply before I got this email.

>
> Hope all that helps
>
> Regards
>
> Lesley
>
>
>
Regards
Janet
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