* H.S. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> So your router's LAN address is 192.168.15.1. Is that correct? You can
> check this by opening your router's web configuration page. OR, you can
> also try on your wife's laptop (which IIRC runs Windows and works fine)
> and open a command prompt terminal and give the command "ipconfig" (or
> "ipconfig /all" for more details) and paste the output here. We will see
> if things are working right or not.
Yes, I was able to open the Linksys setup page at 192.168.15.1, so
this does seem correct. And here is what I get on my wife's Windows
2000 computer:
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : jennifer-bbe245
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : launchmodem.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : launchmodem.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI For
Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-DA-2E-B9-A1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:57:51
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 10, 2006 3:57:51 PM
> I don't get this. Your nameserver is on a completely different subnet.
> Is should be 192.168.15.1 if I am not mistaken. This mistake can result
> in long delays in pages loading ... actually nothing should work. But
> browsing with ip addresses should work. In other works, this shouldn't
> work properly:
> $> ping yahoo.com
>
> but this should work as expected:
> $> ping 4.2.2.2
>
> Try the following: Add these lines to this file (before the nameserver
> you already have):
> nameserver 192.168.15.1
> nameserver 4.2.2.2
I knocked around a bit in a browser and it appears that 192.168.15.1
is my Linksys router, and 192.168.1.254 is the DSL modem. I would
assume that this is the reason for the different address for the DNS
server. I can also access the modem by via 'launchmodem', though
surprisingly not launchmodem.com. I am also able to ping yahoo.com
and 4.2.2.2, or I am when I am not in a down period. I don't know
about 4.2.2.2, as I have never tried anything like that before, but if
I try 'ping www.google.com' during one of the blackouts I get nothing
at all for a minute or so and then it returns a complaint about
unknown host.
I added the info as you suggested and nothing really seemed any
different. It may have been a bit slower to start loading a page, but
that may have been my imagination. But, in any case, I went ahead and
changed it back. BTW, I checked an old backup from my Slack days and
it was the same then as now. I also noticed that the windows ipconfig
output also used this address for the DNS server.
Many thanks for all the help,
Patrick
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