On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 02:09:27PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Thomas H. George ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030609 13:34]: > > I have installed ipmasq as a firewall on a debian computer (Woody, > > kernel 2.4.18) placed between a DSL modem and a wireless router. The > > system works perfectly with the computers on the LAN using Woody or > > Testing but I have been unable to use Netscape from a computer using > > Windows ME. I can access the internet - i.e. I can ping internet IP > > addresses and get a response. If I start Netscape and try to reach the > > same addresses with domain names, Netscape times out trying to resolve > > the domain name. > > > > After lengthy cnversations with tech support I have been told that this > > is because Windows expects network sharing to activated on the firewall > > server. Is this true? If it is true, how do I do it? > > It sounds like they think you're using a windows box doing "internet > connection sharing" instead of a real router. I'd ignore them. > > It sounds like you have everything working correctly from a network > perspective, and that this is really a client configuration problem. > How is this client configured? Static IP info, DHCP? If you're using > DHCP, you should set the DHCP server (your woody box?) to give out a > proper DNS server address. What do the other machines (the ones that > work) use as a DNS server? Does your woody box do any DNS > forwarding/caching? Are they using DHCP? If you're not using DHCP > anywhere, I'd bet this is as simple as doing the equivalent of this on > the windows box: > > echo nameserver $DNS_IP >> /etc/resolv.conf > > Of course, since it's a windows box, the way to do that probably > involves a lot of pointing at my-something-or-other, right-clicking, > properties, and other silly nonsense. And probably a reboot or three. > > If you are using DHCP, what is the DHCP server? The Woody box? What > are the working hosts using for DNS, and how did they get set correctly? > > good times, > Vineet > -- > http://www.doorstop.net/ > -- > http://www.digitalconsumer.org/
Thanks for the comments, I agree it must be a client configuration problem. For the record, though I have been using static addresses on all the boxes, I tried DHCP on the windows box and it set the default gateway to the wrong value. That is, I am using BEFW11S4 ver. 2 Wireless Router with a 4-Port Switch and this router could be connected directly to the DSL modem in which case the gateway would be 192.168.2.1 and this is what the windows box finds. As noted above, the actual connection is DSL modem to ipmasq server to one of the ports on the router. Using a static address I can tell the windows box the gateway is the IP address of the ipmasq server and I am then able to ping IP addresses on the Web from the windows box. I will continue to struggle with the windows box configuration. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
