Subj : Need a little help
To   : Rich Wonneberger
From : David Calafrancesco
Date : Fri Mar 04 2005 04:48 pm

Rich Wonneberger wrote in a message to David Calafrancesco:

 RW> *** Quoting David Calafrancesco to Rich Wonneberger dated 03-02-05
 RW> *** 
>  RW> Changes back to frontiernet.net at the next re-boot.
> 
> type c:\mptn\etc\resolv2 
> and paste the results here please.

 RW> David,

 RW> I changed the router now, the problem is fixed.
 RW> I did notice something funny though, 2 resolv2 files.  One had a
 RW> .nbk  extention and was one minute earlier then resolv2

The .nbk is a backup file I think... 

 RW> Here is resolv2

 RW> domain turtil
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There's your problem. That line should say what your domain name is. It is what 
is used to search for all names that are not fully qualified domain names. 

 RW> nameserver 170.215.255.114
 RW> nameserver 66.133.128.138

 RW> Here is resolv2.nbk

 RW> domain 
 RW> nameserver 192.168.1.1

 RW> I do not enter the two DNS addresses, I assume the routers dhcp
 RW> from Frontier is providing dns info to the router and the router
 RW> passes it to the clients. 

 RW> Also, I notice in dhcpmon it shows dns to be 192.168.1.1 only. 

 RW> I got a Netgear wireless router w/ 4 10/100 ports for $5.00 after
 RW> rebates.  Its 802.11g/b.  Couldn't resist.   :}

I hear ya... 

Note that the netgear (and any other home router/nat device) works just fine if 
you set a static IP on your local systems and manually configure everything 
else. 

Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.org

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