Re: Continuing internet oddities

[cothrige <cothrige@bellsouth.net>]

* H.S. (hs.samix@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> So your router's LAN address is 192.168.15.1. Is that correct? You can
> check this by opening your router's web configuration page. OR, you can
> also try on your wife's laptop (which IIRC runs Windows and works fine)
> and open a command prompt terminal and give the command "ipconfig" (or
> "ipconfig /all" for more details) and paste the output here. We will see
> if things are working right or not.

Yes, I was able to open the Linksys setup page at 192.168.15.1, so
this does seem correct.  And here is what I get on my wife's Windows
2000 computer:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : jennifer-bbe245
        Primary DNS Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : launchmodem.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : launchmodem.com
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-DA-2E-B9-A1
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.101
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:57:51
PM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 10, 2006 3:57:51 PM


> I don't get this. Your nameserver is on a completely different subnet.
> Is should be 192.168.15.1 if I am not mistaken. This mistake can result
> in long delays in pages loading ... actually nothing should work. But
> browsing with ip addresses should work. In other works, this shouldn't
> work properly:
> $> ping yahoo.com
> 
> but this should work as expected:
> $> ping 4.2.2.2
> 
> Try the following: Add these lines to this file (before the nameserver
> you already have):
> nameserver 192.168.15.1
> nameserver 4.2.2.2

I knocked around a bit in a browser and it appears that 192.168.15.1
is my Linksys router, and 192.168.1.254 is the DSL modem.  I would
assume that this is the reason for the different address for the DNS
server. I can also access the modem by via 'launchmodem', though
surprisingly not launchmodem.com.  I am also able to ping yahoo.com
and 4.2.2.2, or I am when I am not in a down period.  I don't know
about 4.2.2.2, as I have never tried anything like that before, but if
I try 'ping www.google.com' during one of the blackouts I get nothing
at all for a minute or so and then it returns a complaint about
unknown host.

I added the info as you suggested and nothing really seemed any
different.  It may have been a bit slower to start loading a page, but
that may have been my imagination.  But, in any case, I went ahead and
changed it back.  BTW, I checked an old backup from my Slack days and
it was the same then as now.  I also noticed that the windows ipconfig
output also used this address for the DNS server.

Many thanks for all the help,

Patrick