Configuration router / gateway use
Hi all!
I've recently installed a ELSA MicroLink ISDN 4U to my local network.
In case you don't know it, it's an ISDN terminal adapter combined with
a 4 port hub for a local network. I've three computers connected to is,
two running RISC OS and one notebook running either GNU/Linux or
(rarely) Windows 98 (on notebooks you need this for some special
things).
Ok, now my problem: On the other two OSes everything works ok, but I
can't figure out how to configure my Debian GNU/Linux box in order to
use my 4U as gateway for everything.
When I do the following on vici (my notebook running GNU/Linux) I get
(with caesar being the 4U router):
vici:/etc/network# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
localnet * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default caesar.local.ne 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 eth0
So, this looks ok to me, isn't it? Going out of my local net with an IP
address I now works, so I think things are basically right. But using a
host name doesn't work, but brings an "unknown host name" or similar
error message. So I looked inside /etc/resolv.conf and changed the
nameserver from 127.0.0.1 to the IP of the 4U (the 4U acts as an name
server as well). But if I use a host name now, nothing happens, no
error message, but the host name doesn't get resolved either.
What am I missing here? How do I configure my GNU/Linux system to use
the 4U as gateway (including DNS)?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Greetings,
Stefan.
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