Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] no NAT from newbie

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> 192.168.1.254 is the address  of the DHCP server seen from
> ipconfig /all on XP and is the address of eth1 on DL from ifconfig.
> Granted, I'd expect something with a 0 as the third number, but thats
> what DL gives me. I'd thought it simply resulted from the 
> initial boot when 192.168.0 was from the router XP <--> DL <--> router
> <--> cable modem. However, I rebooted DL with simply
> XP <--> DL <--> cable modem and still got 192.168.1.254
> 
> In case it is of interest, the lines from XP ipconfig /all
> 
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> 
>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : mydomain.org
>         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100
> Integrated Cont
> roller
>         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-22-EC-E0-A6
>         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes 
>         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.199
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

There's your problem.  The default gateway is WRONG.
It should be the IP of the DL box -- 192.168.1.254

>         DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
>         DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

There's your second problem.  DL doesn't run DNS by default.

The easiest solution is to go into the DL 'setup' program and change the
default gateway that your dhcp server hands out and the DNS servers to
the IP addresses of your ISP's DNS servers.

If you don't know your ISP's DNS servers, at the DL command prompt, run:

  cat /etc/resolv.conf

 - BS