On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 22:35,
alandd@mindspring.com 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. :^(
>
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thinking that this is redhat install...
make sure that firewall config isn't interfering...
service ipchains stop
service iptables stop
less /etc/sysconfig/network (will show hostname / gateway which s/b
smoothwall ip address
less /etc/resolv.conf which should be the name servers provided by the
dhcp server
ipconfig should show your ip addresses
Craig
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