[sllug-members]: DHCP & DNS Issues

[Alain Bertrand]

On Friday 16 June 2006 6:47 pm, Elijah Newren wrote:
> There is also a second issue, that I think may have come up on this
> list before but which I don't remember the answer to.  The Qwest
> Actiontec modem, acting as a DHCP server, will always provide two
> nameservers -- the first is 192.168.0.1 (itself), which doesn't work,
> and then the second is the legitimate one.  

I have been able to solve problems with the DNS in the Actiontec modems by 
updating the firmware in the modem to the one provided by Actiontec (don't 
bother with the one Qwest provides, last I tried it also had this DNS 
problem).  Last time I updated the firmware on one of these I had to hold the 
reset button until the power light changed color, then disconnect and 
reconnect power before it would talk to the network again (though the LEDs 
blinked as if everything were working fine).  

Neither of these were mine (I cannot get DSL here).  They were my uncle's and 
my sister's modems, so I am sure I would have heard about it if either time I 
had failed to resolve the problem.  



Alain