[ILUG] Connecting to Net

[Michael Treacy]

>When you say router - do you mean one of those webramp type things? A 
>little
>beige box int he cornerAs far as I know they have a Web admin control site 
>-
>go to the Ip address in your browser. As for the othr machines: does this
>router handle DHCP? If so, no further config is required for your other
>machines but if it doesnt, make sure all the machines have the gateway and
>dns server configured, a unique IP address, the same subnet etc.


Yeah, it's the little box in the corner. I connect it to the network with a 
BNC cable connection. It has it's own IP address and each pc on the network 
has it's own IP address also - I don't use DHCP. I've tried the IP address 
of the router in a web browser - no luck there. I can connect to it through 
a configuration package on a windows pc though.

I'll try using a different pc tomorrow. The one I was playing with to 
configure used to connect to the net separately using an ISDN TA, so maybe 
that's screwing things up a bit. I'll stick the Gateway and DNS addresses 
int another pc and see how I get on from there.


Mike







>
>Darragh
>
>On Saturday 17 November 2001 22:24, you wrote:
>Ok, so here's the thing:
>
>I have a Linux network at work (school). I installed it over the summer and
>everything works just fine. I didn't set up the net connection at the time,
>'cos I didn't have to. Now I do!
>
>I have two choices - an ISDN modem or a Router.
>
>The server has an ISDN TA installed but I haven't configured it yet, so the
>router is the option.
>
>The router has it's own IP address (192.168.10.50) and I can telnet to it
>from a test pc - I figured that I would configure one pc first.
>
>I configured the test pc's net connection to use the local lan (it's a
>windows pc) and I set the gateway to the IP address of the router.
>
>Problem is, when I try to connect to the net, I get diddly squat.
>
>I've obviously forgotten something here. It worked fine when I used a 
>Novell
>network last year - I just connected in the router and away we went.
>
>Any help with this problem would be appreciated 'cos I have a bunch of
>"little old ladies" (apologies to any little old ladies who are ILUG
>members!)in the local retirement group breathing down my neck. They come in
>once a week to use the pc's after school and they want to use the internet.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Mike.
>
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