The Wandering Dru wrote: > Rick Meyerhoff wrote: > >> I could not find a "caching DNS server". There is a "dynamic DNS" tab >> in the services section that allows you to add hosts, hmm, the >> "enabled" box is checked but I don't think I did that, should I >> "uncheck" it? > > > Sorry, now that I'm somewhere with an actual IPCop box, I can be more > specific(I was going from memory before). It's called "DNS proxy > server" on the information page and I think it's enabled by default. > Dynamic DNS is for those of us running webpages and other services out > of our homes or on networks where the gateway's external IP address > changes on a regular(or not-so-regular) basis. > > You shouldn't need that at this point since you're on dialup and aren't > running external servers. I "unchecked" it. > >> Sorry, I know what ping is but I'm not sure what to do. > > > $ ping <IP of IPCop's internal NIC> > > eg. > > $ ping 192.168.1.1 $ ping 192.168.1.3 PING 192.168.1.3 (192.168.1.3) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.795 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.697 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.3: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.681 ms --- 192.168.1.3 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2013ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.681/0.724/0.795/0.054 ms Not surprizing since I can use the web interface to IPCop from Mandrake (IPCop has no keyboard, monitor or mouse). > > This should tell you if you can see the IPCop box from your linux box. > (To stop it, ^c or use the -c flag to set the number of pings) > > Next, try pinging an address outside your network. Using an actual IP > address will bypass the DNS query and will help us narrow down where the > problem really is. > > Mandrake's webserver works as well as any for this. > > $ ping -c 5 212.43.244.27 after using the IPCop web interface to dial and connect, I try: $ ping -c 5 212.43.244.27 connect: Network is unreachable >>> sure the Mandrake box is pointing to the IPCop box as its gateway, >>> otherwise >> >> >> >> I don't know how to do this. >> > > The easiest way to do this is to let IPCop handle the IP addresses on > the network via DHCP. You already said that DHCP was set up on IPCop. > All you need to do now is to tell the MDK box to get its network > information via DHCP/bootp (you can do this from MDK's Control Center). I found it in the Control Center but the setting does not want to change. I'd rather edit files and use the command line, I think. > > The MDK box should then automagically use the IPCop box as its > gateway/DNS. The Winders box should be set up the same way. Then both > of them should be happy. > -- Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list