You can put the router/modem IP or you can put google's dns as 8.8.8.8 
and 8.8.4.4 , any should work.

Thanks
Amit

On 8/29/2014 2:26 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> I am creating the file /etc/resolv.conf . To get the proper setting I 
> looked into my running system's /etc/resolv.conf . pico says:
>
>    nameserver 127.0.1.1
>    search domain.actdsltmp
>
> I do not think that number is even in my network and it isn't the 
> loopback address. The book says:
>
>     The IP address may also be a router on the local network.
>
> which is 192.168.0.1 . So what would you advise I do; should I put in 
> what my host system says is the nameserver or my router/modem's ip 
> address? I'm thinking the modem/router's IP.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Amit Nepal <amit@amitnepal.com 
> <mailto:amit@amitnepal.com>> wrote:
>
>     That is correct !
>
>
>     *Amit K Nepal
>     Chief Information Officer
>     (RHCE, CCENT, C|EH, C|HFI, GIAC ISO 27000 Specialist)
>     omNovia Technologies Inc. *
>     On 8/29/2014 11:34 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>     wait! I just found the solution to my problem!
>>
>>        route -n
>>
>>     but it says that the gateway is my modem/router. Is that right?
>>
>>     :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>>     On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Michael Havens
>>     <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I am at linux from scratch section 7.2.2 . They want us to
>>         enter the following lines:
>>
>>         cd /etc/sysconfig/
>>         cat > ifconfig.eth0 << "EOF"
>>         |ONBOOT=yes
>>         IFACE=eth0
>>         SERVICE=ipv4-static
>>         IP=192.168.1.1
>>         GATEWAY=192.168.1.2
>>         PREFIX=24
>>         BROADCAST=192.168.1.255|
>>         EOF
>>
>>         Now, I need to change the iP and gateway and broadcast
>>         numbers to something that will be recognized on my network. I
>>         really am having difficulties with '|GATEWAY|' because I
>>         think it is a network-wide number and I don't think that it
>>         is 192.168.1.2 . How can I figure out what it is?
>>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>>
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