Internet Connectivity wizard

Question

Hi all,
|
| Can anyone tell me what exactly should be filled into the fields of the
| Internet Connectivity wizard to establish internet connectivity.
|
| The LAN server has IP address 192.168.1.1, mask is 255.255.255.0, and
| the ADSL box is 192.168.1.254. This is the info filled in in the IP
| Address Information section.
|
| The DNS section asks for a Domain, and Name Server 1, 2, and 3.
| I fill in the domain name, and Name Server IP addresses of the ISP.
| Here is where the wizard goes wrong. Connectivity cannot be established
| and then I need to unload INETCFG and start again.
|
| The IP address of the ADSL box is public, the ISP is able to ping me.
|
| Can anyone offer some advise on how to configure these fields to
| establish internet connectivity ?
|
| Thanks.
|
| Iwan A. El Wanni

Answer 1

Originally Posted by AndersG
Iwanelwanni,
> So If I understand you correctly, I should make 192.168.1.254 a static
> ip address in DNS ?
> You are also saying I should be able to ping from the server ?
> I am already able to ping the server 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.254, as
> well as the name servers of the ISP, including the my assigned ip
> address 200.2.172.200
>
Now you lost me completely. If I read you correctly then you have a
public IP of 200.2.172.200? That is NATed to 192.168.1.1.
In that case it would probably be best to reserve say 192.168.1.1 - 49
as static IPs, then configure DHCP to hand out the rest as dynamic IPs.
There is normally little or no need for your own DNS, instead use the
ISPs DNS. Thus in INETCFG you enter the IPs or your ISPs DNS server into
the DNS config.
Then configure DHCP to hand out DHCP addresses and to use 192.168.1.254
for default route and also hand out the ISPs DNS servers.
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Dear Anders,
After our last exchange I left this problem for awhile to tend to other ones, but now I would like to pickup where we left off.
I have applied NW66SP7, and GW65SP6, and re-installed GWIA.
In INETCFG I have set IP Packet Forwarding to ENABLED in the section Protocol -> Protocol Configuration -> TCPIP > TCPIP Protocol Configuration.
In the same section I have also set LAN Static Routing Enabled, and Network Host 192.168.1.1 and next HOP 192.168.1.254, which is the gateway hardware on the LAN.
Dead gateway Detection is also enabled.
DNS Resolver lists the ISP's Name Servers IP addresses as 200.1.157.11 and 200.1.156.11. The domain name field is left blank.
In the section Bindings -> Protocol to Interface Bindings -> Binding TCPIP to LAN Interface -> I entered the local IP address 192.168.1.1 , Mask 255.255.255.0. Deeper into this section I entered in sub-section
Configure TCPIP Bind Options the following:
Group Interface = Yes Set as Primary = Yes
RIP = Enabled.
OSPF = Disabled
Expert TCPIP LAN Options -> Router Discovery = Enabled
NAT: Static Only, and NAT Table200.2.172.200 as Public Address and 192.168.1.1 as Private.
I have also created the IP address 192.168.1.254 in DHCP manually, and added option MTU with value 1450 (a necessity with our local ISP), Router with value 192.168.1.254, and Perform Mask Discovery with value true.
After all this, I still cannot verify internet connectivity. Sending an e-mail through the GW client by entering the To address as: GWIA:"[email protected]" , I get the message:
Some addrersses are undeliverable and have been crossed out.
Would you like to go the addressbook to resolve them.
I have performed Internet addressing rules routines in Groupwise, so this message should not appear. Since it does, I am concluding no internet connectivity exists.
Please advise.
Iwan A. El Wanni