See firewall, no internet

Sun, 06 Oct 2002 02:33:39 -0400

Red Hat 7.3

Alan

On Sat, 05 Oct 2002 23:04:55 -0700 Brian Tafoya <me@briantafoya.com> wrote:

> Sounds like your new box has the DNS
> information hard coded instead of
> picking it up from the DHCP server... you will
> need to either set the DNS
> to your Smoothwall's IP, or set it to pick up
> the DNS info from the DHCP
> server. What version of Linux is the new box
> running?
> ---
> Brian Tafoya
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> c:\windows, c:\windows\run, c:\windows\crash!
> At 01:35 AM 10/6/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> I brought a Linux box from
> elsewhere to my house here.  It is all set
> to
> network as a DHCP client.  Works fine
> where it was.
> Here at home I have a box running Smoothwall as
> my firewall and DHCP
> server. 
> Has always worked great with my orignal box
> that I am using to write
> this
> email.  However, the "new"
> computer will get an IP address
> from the DHCP
> server and I can ping the firewall or load the
> admin pages for it from
> the
> "new" box but it cannot resolve
> internet addresses on the other
> side of the
> firewall.  No internet access.
> What configuration files do I need to look at
> to get full DHCP/DNS
> support on
> this box?   What files should I post
> here to help you guys help
> me?  I am a
> bit lost because DHCP has always just worked
> for me, until now. 
> :^(
> Alan
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