iolBB dns issues (was Re: [ILUG] IOL Broadband on Mandrake 10)

[Donncha O Caoimh]

As this is slightly on-topic for this thread I'll just add a few 
comments about the free trial from IOL. I got my DSL router last Monday 
and installed it (on a FC2 system) via an ethernet connect according to 
the manual. Ethernet was setup using DHCP but I had to add 192.168.1.1 
to /etc/resolv.conf as it wasn't added by the DHCP client.

Now, from time to time, and sometimes frequently, I have to restart the 
router because the dns server in it dies or at least gives my browser 
and ssh/ping/other tools can't resolve hostnames. I put Esat's dns 
servers in the resolv.conf but they didn't work at all. Have I got the 
correct dns server?
I can still ping and connect to IP addresses when the problems occur, so 
it's not the DSL connection.

Donncha.

Kieran Murphy wrote:
> Thanks for the help guys.  My ADSL connection is working now.  I'm sending this 
> message from within Mandrake.  Not having an internet connection has been my main 
> reason for not using Linux much since I've installed it but problem solved now. 
>  
> I just retried the setup routine posted previously and it worked this time. 
>  
> Thanks again, 
>  
> Kieran Murphy 
>