[sllug-members]: DHCP & DNS Issues

[Eric Swenson]

Alain, you're briliant!  I'd long ago configured 
everything beyind my SucktionTech DSL router to use my own 
DNS servers because of this.  What's great is that because 
it works in windows, Qwest couldn't care less about 
alternative OS's.

Well, perhaps trying out Comcast won't be so bad after all 
;-)

Regards,
Eric

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:51:14 -0600
  Alain Bertrand <tomservo at gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> 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
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