Nick wrote: > > Hi list, > > I have an internal network setup behind linux on a single static IP > I am having problem reolving names but can ping IP's numericaly. > > I set up dhcp to allocate 192.168.1.0/24 throught the internal network > Then I setup ipchains very basic, just to get it all going > > ipchains -P forward DENY > ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQ > > kernel is set to forward, echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > So I can ping from an internal machine to any global IP address, but when it > comes to ping www.yahoo.com, get a bad host message. > > Using 192.168.1.1 as gateway for internal machines > looked at /etc/resolv.conf, looks ok > /etc/hosts > /etc/network/interfaces all good too > > route tables look ok > have 255.255.255.255 line for dhcp windozs > default gateway ok > > I can ping domain names and ip address from the linux firewall. > Just doesn't seem to want to forward those requests for the internal network > > HELP!!! >
Did you setup your dhcp server to give the dns addresses to clients ? When you use dhcp the /etc/resolv.conf is replaced by the one used by the dhcp cient hence the dhcp server have to send them.
