From: rufty_tufty_hoolythug@nospam.thankyou.says_I.ko   
      
   On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:54:51 +0000, Edmund wrote:   
      
   > In message ,   
   > gazzafield wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:28:28 +0000, Edmund wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > In message ,   
   >> > gazzafield wrote:   
   >> >> I have just installed BeOS5 Max Edition at home having not used BeOS for   
   >> a   
   >> >> number of years and fancied a look at it again.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> It has correctly found my network card and it has picked up an IP address   
   >> >> from my router and has used the routers IP address as the gateway which   
   >> >> seems correct to me.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> I have set my browser to direct connection to the internet.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> I have also entered the DNS server IP's of my ISP and I am just unable to   
   >> >> get anything from the web.  What am I missing or what do I need to   
   >> >> configure?   
   >> >   
   >> > If DHCP is working and you get an IP, gateway, subnetmask, then you should   
   >> > be getting a DNS too.   
   >> > No need for manual input.   
   >> > I checked here and the first DNS is one from the ISP, the second   
   >> > is the gateway!   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> If I don't set mine manually it puts the gateway in as the primary DNS.   
   >> Either way it doesn't work.  Me no understand.   
   >   
   > Weird, I encountered some problems with the netserver version too.   
   > But at least here, when the DHCP gave an IP, it worked.   
   > With some servers/routers the DHCP wasn't working, I then had to   
   > put in the correct IP subnetmask and gateway, while the router was   
   > set to DHCP.   
   > One more thing you can try with the netserver version is fill out   
   > all settings manually and give the first DNS the gateway and leave   
   > the second blank.   
   > ( don't forget to save and restart networking )   
   > Can you "ping" your router?   
   > What router do you have?   
   >   
   > If that still doesn't work, you can try "bone".   
   > My experience is that bone works better with the routers I tried.   
      
      
      
   Thanks for that, but you've lost me a bit.  As I say, I haven't used BeOS   
   for a number of years.  What's the netserver version?  Also, what is bone?   
      
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