knoppix networking; Asus device and DNS settings

Knoppix is installed on hda, windows and gentoo on hdb. Grub is on
hdb, but only windows was booting. Gentoo, on hdb, wasn't booting
totally. As I had a knoppix CD, I installed knoppix on hda.

Knoppix on the hard drive, hda, booted up fine

Of course, grub showed knoppix, gentoo and windows. Only knoppix
worked. That's ok for now.

However, there was no internet connection. I need to set not just the
IP address, but also the default gateway, yes?


Here I am on a live CD:

livecd / #
livecd / #
livecd / # pwd
/
livecd / # whoami
root
livecd / # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:EC:1C:8E:11
inet addr:192.168.2.145 Bcast:192.168.2.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:ecff:fe1c:8e11/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:87734 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:61251 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:121172211 (115.5 Mb) TX bytes:12131614 (11.5 Mb)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xb000

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:168 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:168 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:10552 (10.3 Kb) TX bytes:10552 (10.3 Kb)

livecd / # date
Wed Aug 16 12:37:03 IST 2006
livecd / #


Here's the setup from windows:

C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : geidiprime
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter 3com:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100
PCI TX NIC (3C905B-TX)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-4B-70-F1-87
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.179
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, June 17, 2006
11:14:44 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, June 24, 2006
11:14:44 PM

C:\>


However, do I need to set the DNS server manually?

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : geidiprime
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : vc.shawcable.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : vc.shawcable.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-G USB
Network Adapt
er
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-B6-4E-99-55
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.59.144.92
64.59.144.93
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 20, 2006
10:08:49 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 21, 2006
10:08:49 AM


When the connection is with a Linksys wireless USB NIC, the DNS is
quite different versus the Asus WL-330g wireless NIC, which connects to
the ethernet. Ah, I'm thinking that probably the WL-330g, which is
what I'm using, does the DNS on its own? All I'm seeing is what the
Asus device forwards on.


thanks,

Thufir