Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: rdalek1967@×××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Need networking help. Can't ping google.
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:41:59
Message-Id: 20101210014007.1b10911f@dartworks.biz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Need networking help. Can't ping google. by Dale
1 === On Fri, 12/10, Dale wrote: ===
2 > I did this. From smoker, I pinged google. I got the IP address from
3 > that. I then tried to ping google BY IP address on lightening. It
4 > gives me the error "ping: unknown host 72.14.299.99".
5
6 ===
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8 That's a different error. That is not a valid address.
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10 So then, smoker is your router. But is your DSL modem also a router? Or
11 do you have PPPoE terminating in your smoker?
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13 Your DSL modem is probably a router with NAT. It will need a static IP
14 address back to your other network, next hop being smoker.
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16 Better would be to get a hub and connect all hosts (including modem, to
17 it.
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