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MAJOR Networking Problems

MAJOR Networking Problems Networking 3 posts Aug 14, 2002 — Aug 15, 2002

#1 Wed, 14 Aug 2002 - 21:54

My iBook is receiving a strong signal from my wireless router, yet every time I boot up IE I get the "can't find server" error message. I'm able to acces the router's page. I'm using the "Optain IP address automatically" setting. I'm using a linksys wireless router.

#2 Wed, 14 Aug 2002 - 23:55

Sounds like it might be a DNS problem... check your TCP/IP settings and make sure everything there is okay... hope this helps!

Cheers!
Chris

#3 Thu, 15 Aug 2002 - 07:35

go into the Router's status page and
see if it has entries ffor the DNS server
and if it does, then open a terminal
and do a 'more /etc/resolv.conf'

You should see some entries in that
file that have the same 'nameserver'
as what you see in the router.

Make sure the router is set to
do both 'dhcp/distribute address'
and NAT.

Try to go to a page numerically
(199.232.41.10) vs. www.gnu.org
and see if you can.