[GRLUG] Follow-up to my "Ubuntu install" post

[Bill Creswell]

I am surprised that it is not
192.168.1.1 instead, what my linksys router came with standard.

On 12/10/05, Rich Nagel <networkman at triton.net> wrote:
>
> I was having problems with Internet access - basically, the Mozilla
> browser would start up and almost never go anywhere.  When I'd put in a site
> like www.google.com or http://ubuntulinux.org the browser would sit there
> with the little circle spinning and a message at the bottom of the screen
> saying "Finding site."  I was able to use the "Network Tools" and confirm
> that I could PING both servers, plus I'd downloaded those OS updates earlier
> so I knew I had valid Internet access.
>
> My network:
>
>
> (Internet/ISP)
>     |
> 69.xxx.xxx.xxx
>     |
> Actiontec DSL modem/router
>     |
> 192.168.0.1
>     |
> Linksys BEFS41 - DHCP enabled, UPnP enabled, etc.
>     |
> 192.168.1.1
>     |
> Cisco 2924EN switch(10/100 24port)
>     |
> (All PCs in the house)
>
>
> Okay, so on all of my Windows boxes, the Primary DNS is 192.168.0.1probably because that's what the Linksys router is getting told by the
> Actiontec modem/router.  And this presents no problem to the Windows
> machines - they surf the net, ftp, email, etc. without any problems at all.
> On a hunch, I decided to go into the network settings on the Linux box and
> change the DNS from 192.168.0.1  to  216.165.129.158  which is the Primary
> DNS server that the Actiontec router gets from the ISP.   Upon doing so, the
> Linux box is now able to get out to any website without any problem,
> ie. it's working as it should.
>
> So, the upside is that I can now browse the web on a Linux box, and I have
> the satisfaction of having solved the problem on my own. :)  The downside is
> that I still don't understand why it failed to work in the first place when
> the Windows PCs all work fine with the DNS being 192.168.0.1 :(
>
> Anybody got an idea?
>
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