Re: DNS adress

[Haim Ashkenazi <haim@consonet.com>]

On Sun, 25 May 2003 00:32:44 -0700
Piero <ludovico.ariosto@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> I istalled a dhcp client (dhclient3) in order to let my computer 
> interact with a router-switch (Netgear RP614) that contains a dhcp server.
> 
> The output of "ifconfig eth0" is:
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:05:5D:AA:3B:E0
>            inet addr:192.168.0.3  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>            RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>            TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>            RX bytes:472 (472.0 b)  TX bytes:2827 (2.7 KiB)
>            Interrupt:11 Base address:0xb800
> 
> This seems in order with the instructions from Netgear. Nevertheless, 
> when I try to reach any Internet site, I get an answer (helas I didn't 
> write it down) that lets me think that its name cannot be resolved. In 
> effect, I didn't give any piece of information concerning a DNS server.
> 
> Do I have to put it in /etc/resolv.conf ?
You have to put there the address of an available nameserver. preferebly 
your ISP's. just contact him and ask him what's his DNS address 
and put it in '/etc/resolv.conf' like this:

nameserver	150.150.150.150
> 
> If yes, which address do I have to write there, the default gateway of 
> the Netgear box (192.168.0.1), or an address given by my ISP?
> 
> Do I have to put somewhere the address of the default gateway?
> 
> Thanks,
> Piero.
> 
> 
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Haim