UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi ,,still struggling with unix ,,the system is running sco openserver release 5 and have dsl installed ,, the dsl modem is a bt router which in turn is connected to a vpn hardware router,, which also serves internet to the whole network ,, but i still cant connect to the internet via the unix box ,,i have edited the resolv.conf file with the following settings,,

domain btopenworld.com
nameserver 217.37.41.254

these settings where given to me by btopenworld ,,the ip is the adress of the bt modem which works on all windows based machines . any help would be usefull

Thanks in advance

P.S. i have read lots of links on the subject in the forum and tried most things here ,,,i must be missing something totally simple me thinks !!!

I have already set up the vpn router as the gateway too on the unix box

I did a nslookup of the MX record to grab the dns servers for btopenworld.com and got the following:

> set type=mx
> btopenworld.com
Server: which1.mycom.com
Address: 10.140.16.20

btopenworld.com preference = 10, mail exchanger = stargate.btinternet.com
btopenworld.com preference = 20, mail exchanger = moongate.btinternet.com
btopenworld.com nameserver = dns1.btinternet.com
btopenworld.com nameserver = dns2.btinternet.com
dns1.btinternet.com internet address = 194.73.73.95
dns2.btinternet.com internet address = 194.73.73.94

I then set my server to dns1 and type to address

> server dns1.btinternet.com
Default Server: dns1.btinternet.com
Address: 194.73.73.95

> set type=a
> 217.37.41.254
Server: dns1.btinternet.com
Address: 194.73.73.95

Name: host217-37-41-254.in-addr.btopenworld.com
Address: 217.37.41.254

I believe the address is your system, not the DNS nameserver (unless you are running DNS on the server). Try setting your nameserver to 194.73.73.95. If that works, add a second nameserver of 194.73.73.94 (dns2).

Hi ,,
The ip address 217.37.41.254 is the address of the bt modem/router but i tried changing the settings in resolv.conf with no luck ,, havent restarted the system though ,dont know if this will make any difference ,,thanx for your help though ,,, will restart later when all are logged off

Cheers b03der

If you changed resolv.conf, the change is immediate - no reboot needed.

Thanx RTM ,, this system has 2 network cards installed with only one actually used ,,when using netstat it is listed as having an ip address the corresponds to our network ,,could this somehow be causing a problem ,, ,would it be worth while actually removing this card completely ,,or using this card and connecting it direct to the bt router with a static ip address (5 are available )

Thanx b03der

Okay, I checked and the nameserver you had listed is running DNS.

> server 217.37.41.254
Default Server: host217-37-41-254.in-addr.btopenworld.com
Address: 217.37.41.254

> set class=chaos
> set type=txt
> version.bind.
Server: host217-37-41-254.in-addr.btopenworld.com
Address: 217.37.41.254

VERSION.BIND text = "8.3.3-REL"

Please give some more information:

1. Is this a new install - first time trying to get the unix server on the internet?
2. Can you ping 217.37.41.254 ?
3. Can you ping other hosts on your network (if any)?

The network card being used with a IP address that corresponds to your network - is that part of the 217.37.41 subnet? (Removing the card would probably not be needed.) It's possible that a route is needed - how are you connected to the bt router?

Hi,,
The bt router is connected to a linksys vpn server/router, this then distributes the internet to our local network ,,, the ip of the bt router is 217.37.41.254 the internal network has an ip address of 192.168.2.??? i can ping the linksys box which has an ip of 192.168.2.254 but cant ping the bt router ,,but i can ping the machines through the other side of the vpn which are on a different ip (192.168.1.??? ) i have entered the vpn as the default gateway on the unix box ,, this is a first install of trying to get this box on the net ,, the unix box is just connected to a hub,,the other network card in the unix box has an ip that corresponds to our internal network (192.168.2.???) but isnt connected to anything ,,

Thank you


B03der