Re: wireless device has ip, can't ping

[Obi <graziano@cs.ucsb.edu>]

Are you running DHCP? I use dhclient and I had to modify 
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf to precede my DNS to the one coming from the 
dhcp server. You can see in /etc/pcmcia/networks.opts for a DHCP option.

graziano

On 2003.05.02 00:53, cmustard wrote:
> Ok, i know that this is because the system is
> not seeing the correct nameservers. I just installed this
> wireless card and it seems to come up ok, with the correct drivers
> etc, The problem is i can't ping aything not on my local network,
> like, 'yahoo.com', however i can ping:
> 64.58.79.230, which is yahoo, so is appears the nameservers
> are not being seen.
>
> /etc/resolv.conf gets automatically
> written at boot (and shutdown) time to:
> search
> nameservers 192.168.0.1
>
> by, what i believe, /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
>
> If i try to configure /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
> to include the proper dns servers of my isp it will
> include them but still appends the above as it's last
> entry. I know that 192.168.0.1 is the WAP ip, (my gateway
> to the internet) but where is it getting this entry and how
> can i properly add the correct dns servers so i can actually use
> this card.
>
>
> thanks
>
> -cmus
>
>
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