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 19:36:34
Message-Id: 20101210113458.209a5709@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 > The modem I have is a Motorola Netopia 2210-02. I took that info
3 > from the home page of the modem. Just looking at it, it's the little
4 > silver colored thing and I did pay almost $80.00 for that thing. It
5 > also says it has a DNS server and it is on.
6
7 ===
8
9 Ok, that's good. Now just get a small (4 or 8 port) ethernet hub, and a
10 few more CAT5 cables. Don't use the ethernet cable that came with
11 the modem. Hook everything up to the hub (including modem) with the
12 new CAT5 cables.
13
14 On your hosts, emerge net-misc/dhcpcd and net-dns/openresolv. Clear
15 everything out of /etc/conf.d/net file. Reboot your boxes.
16
17 You should be good to go then.
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