On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 10:06:19AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > 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 > The solution: The windows box has a static address, the gateway is the IP address of the ipmasq server and the DNS server address is the IP address of a debian box on the LAN.
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