RE: [OT] Broadband Router Setup

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Mark Golledge
> Sent: 24 August 2007 08:06
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Broadband Router Setup
>
> Hi guys,
>
>
> I've wanted to give them a fixed IP address so have gone to Network
> Connections / properties of the wireless connection and then typed the
> following (obviously different ip for each PC):
>
> 192.168.0.2
> 255.255.255.0
> Gateway 192.168.0.1
>
> Preferred DNS: 195.92.195.94
> Alternate DNS: 195.92.195.95
> (not sure about DNS as I can't find anything about these for Freeserve
> - just googled and found these).
>
> Since they are using Freeserve, I don't believe I can fix the external
> ip address so on the router settings I've had to set to 'get
> dynamically from isp' and dns is also 'get dynamically from isp'.
>
> Strange thing is is that the lan networked pc connects fine but the
> two wireless ones keep unconnecting from the internet (although they
> appear to be connected wirelessly).
>
> Any ideas?


Just a couple of thoughts...

It sounds like the broadband setup/config is OK, - if the wired PC
connects through to the internet OK, then clearly the router has
connected up to the ISP...

I assume the internal LAN port of the router is 192.168.0.1? - in which
case I would expect that you could (should?) use that as the primary DNS
on each client.. - most routers I believe will do DNS proxying...