setting up linux to work with cable help

[BD25]

I have just got hooked up with comcast and have setup a dlink 704 router with my modem. Everything works great in windows but I cant get my linux box to connect to the internet. From linux I can ping everything and I can log into my router in a browser window but I dont know how to get it to connect to the internet. What am i doing wrong. Does anyone have a clue?

Thanks

[glc1]

For the DNS servers, do you have either the router's gateway or your ISPs actual primary/secondary DNS?

[BD25]

Hi there

Me again!

Ja I can get them if I do a ipconfig /all from windows right?

[glc1]

IPCONFIG /ALL will only retrieve computer's settings, which is fine if the system has the correct info. So yes, try this.

[BD25]

OK mate

I can get all the settings if i log into the router and get it from its info page, what do i have to do with these settings. All I should really need to do on the linux box is configure the browser right. I have linux configured to boot off the dhcp server in the router already.

Is that right?

[glc1]

DHCP is fine for the IP (internal), subnet mask (255.255.255.0) and gateway (same as router's internal IP), but you may need to specify DNS servers, depending on how the router is setup.

Personally, I prefer static (manually entering this info on the clients) because systems tend to boot faster (don't have to wait for DHCP server to assign IPs). Plus, static configuration is needed to forward ports to a specific computer.

[BD25]

I got it mate,

Thanks for the help. I entered in my dns servers into my linux box and i connected straight off.

Thanks once again

[glc1]

Originally posted by BD25
Thanks once againno problem:)