DNS problem with Linksys router

I have debian linux on my laptop and connect to the outside world using a
linksys adsl2mue modem and wrt54gs router.
I'm having some problem with connections: due mainly to gross ignorance,
and any help anyone can give would be much appreciated.

Everything works when the laptop is
running windows xp, but I don't usually want to do that.

Running linux I can ping succesfully but many other programs, ssh, scp,
mozilla, netscape, will not work
unless I find a specific ip number (using ping) and then
use that instead of a domain name. I've tried editing
resolv.conf, but so far to no effect.

ifconfig returns the following:
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:43:CC:7F:78
inet6 addr: fe80::211:43ff:fecc:7f78/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11

eth1 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
00-11-43-80-00-CC-7F-78-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:840 (840.0 b) TX bytes:840 (840.0 b)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown
inet6 addr: ::192.168.2.3/96 Scope:Compat
UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:35:A5:1A:2C
inet addr:192.168.2.3 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20e:35ff:fea5:1a2c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3669 (3.5 KiB) TX bytes:2550 (2.4 KiB)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x5000 Memory:e0210000-e0210fff

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Under windows xp ipconfig /all gives
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Windows IP Configuration





Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SNITCH


Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :


Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast


IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No


WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No





Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:





Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :


Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network Connection


Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-A5-1A-2C


Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes


Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.3


Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0


Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1


DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1


DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1


Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 28 March 2006 12:44:07


Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 29 March 2006 12:44:07





Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:





Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected


Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated
Controller


Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-CC-7F-78

Andrew Duncan ´£¨ì:
> I have debian linux on my laptop and connect to the outside world using a
> linksys adsl2mue modem and wrt54gs router.
> I'm having some problem with connections: due mainly to gross ignorance,
> and any help anyone can give would be much appreciated.
>
> Everything works when the laptop is
> running windows xp, but I don't usually want to do that.
>
> Running linux I can ping succesfully but many other programs, ssh, scp,
> mozilla, netscape, will not work
> unless I find a specific ip number (using ping) and then
> use that instead of a domain name. I've tried editing
> resolv.conf, but so far to no effect.
>
> ifconfig returns the following:
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:43:CC:7F:78
> inet6 addr: fe80::211:43ff:fecc:7f78/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:11
>
> eth1 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
> 00-11-43-80-00-CC-7F-78-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:840 (840.0 b) TX bytes:840 (840.0 b)
>
> sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
> inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown
> inet6 addr: ::192.168.2.3/96 Scope:Compat
> UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:35:A5:1A:2C
> inet addr:192.168.2.3 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::20e:35ff:fea5:1a2c/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:3669 (3.5 KiB) TX bytes:2550 (2.4 KiB)
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x5000 Memory:e0210000-e0210fff
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> Under windows xp ipconfig /all gives
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> Windows IP Configuration
>
>
>
>
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SNITCH
>
>
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>
>
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>
>
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
>
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
>
>
>
>
> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
>
>
>
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
> Network Connection
>
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-A5-1A-2C
>
>
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>
>
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
>
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.3
>
>
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>
>
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>
>
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>
>
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>
>
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 28 March 2006 12:44:07
>
>
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 29 March 2006 12:44:07
>
>
>
>
Show what is you default gateway when running Linux? Show the content of
your resolve.conf.

>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
>
>
>
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated
> Controller
>
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-CC-7F-78
>
>
>
>

The modem IP is 192.168.1.1 and the router is 192.168.2.1
resolv.conf is
search
nameserver 192.168.1.1

and route -n returns

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
wlan0
0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
wlan0
"king" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e0bpla$1bkj$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Andrew Duncan ´£¨ì:
>> I have debian linux on my laptop and connect to the outside world using a
>> linksys adsl2mue modem and wrt54gs router.
>> I'm having some problem with connections: due mainly to gross ignorance,
>> and any help anyone can give would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Everything works when the laptop is
>> running windows xp, but I don't usually want to do that.
>>
>> Running linux I can ping succesfully but many other programs, ssh, scp,
>> mozilla, netscape, will not work
>> unless I find a specific ip number (using ping) and then
>> use that instead of a domain name. I've tried editing
>> resolv.conf, but so far to no effect.
>>
>> ifconfig returns the following:
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:43:CC:7F:78
>> inet6 addr: fe80::211:43ff:fecc:7f78/64 Scope:Link
>> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>> Interrupt:11
>>
>> eth1 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
>> 00-11-43-80-00-CC-7F-78-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>
>> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
>> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
>> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
>> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>> RX bytes:840 (840.0 b) TX bytes:840 (840.0 b)
>>
>> sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
>> inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown
>> inet6 addr: ::192.168.2.3/96 Scope:Compat
>> UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>
>> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:35:A5:1A:2C
>> inet addr:192.168.2.3 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>> inet6 addr: fe80::20e:35ff:fea5:1a2c/64 Scope:Link
>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>> RX bytes:3669 (3.5 KiB) TX bytes:2550 (2.4 KiB)
>> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x5000 Memory:e0210000-e0210fff
>>
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> Under windows xp ipconfig /all gives
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SNITCH
>>
>>
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>>
>>
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>>
>>
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>>
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>
>>
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
>> Network Connection
>>
>>
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-A5-1A-2C
>>
>>
>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>
>>
>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>
>>
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.3
>>
>>
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>
>>
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>>
>>
>> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>>
>>
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>>
>>
>> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 28 March 2006 12:44:07
>>
>>
>> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 29 March 2006 12:44:07
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Show what is you default gateway when running Linux? Show the content of
> your resolve.conf.
>
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>>
>>
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 570x Gigabit
>> Integrated
>> Controller
>>
>>
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-CC-7F-78
>>
>>
>>
>>

Can you access the modem through 'ping'. Using nslookup to verify the
DNS setting can obtain query from you modem. Try using another DNS
server on you linux box. Good luck

Andrew Duncan write:
> The modem IP is 192.168.1.1 and the router is 192.168.2.1
> resolv.conf is
> search
> nameserver 192.168.1.1
>
> and route -n returns
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> wlan0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
> wlan0
> "king" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:e0bpla$1bkj$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Andrew Duncan ´£¨ì:
>>
>>>I have debian linux on my laptop and connect to the outside world using a
>>>linksys adsl2mue modem and wrt54gs router.
>>>I'm having some problem with connections: due mainly to gross ignorance,
>>>and any help anyone can give would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>>Everything works when the laptop is
>>>running windows xp, but I don't usually want to do that.
>>>
>>>Running linux I can ping succesfully but many other programs, ssh, scp,
>>>mozilla, netscape, will not work
>>>unless I find a specific ip number (using ping) and then
>>>use that instead of a domain name. I've tried editing
>>>resolv.conf, but so far to no effect.
>>>
>>>ifconfig returns the following:
>>>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:43:CC:7F:78
>>> inet6 addr: fe80::211:43ff:fecc:7f78/64 Scope:Link
>>> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>> Interrupt:11
>>>
>>>eth1 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
>>>00-11-43-80-00-CC-7F-78-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
>>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>>
>>>lo Link encap:Local Loopback
>>> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
>>> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>>> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
>>> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>>> RX bytes:840 (840.0 b) TX bytes:840 (840.0 b)
>>>
>>>sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
>>> inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown
>>> inet6 addr: ::192.168.2.3/96 Scope:Compat
>>> UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
>>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>>
>>>wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:35:A5:1A:2C
>>> inet addr:192.168.2.3 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>>> inet6 addr: fe80::20e:35ff:fea5:1a2c/64 Scope:Link
>>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>>> RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>> TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
>>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>> RX bytes:3669 (3.5 KiB) TX bytes:2550 (2.4 KiB)
>>> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x5000 Memory:e0210000-e0210fff
>>>
>>>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>>Under windows xp ipconfig /all gives
>>>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>>Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SNITCH
>>>
>>>
>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>>>
>>>
>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>>>
>>>
>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>>
>>>
>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>>
>>>
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
>>>Network Connection
>>>
>>>
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-A5-1A-2C
>>>
>>>
>>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>>
>>>
>>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>>
>>>
>>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.3
>>>
>>>
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>>
>>>
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>>>
>>>
>>> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>>>
>>>
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>>>
>>>
>>> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 28 March 2006 12:44:07
>>>
>>>
>>> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 29 March 2006 12:44:07
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Show what is you default gateway when running Linux? Show the content of
>>your resolve.conf.
>>
>>
>>>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>>>
>>>
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 570x Gigabit
>>>Integrated
>>>Controller
>>>
>>>
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-CC-7F-78
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>