[sllug-members]: DHCP & DNS Issues

[Lonnie Olson]

On Jun 17, 2006, at 3:51 AM, Alain Bertrand 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).

There is a *much* simpler fix for this problem.  Just change the DHCP  
server on the Actiontec to assign the correct DNS servers.  This is  
the "right way" to do it.

In the Actiontec setup, Advanced setup, Click on the DHCP Server  
link.  It is already on, so just click the Next button.  This will  
show you the parameters for it.  Now fix the DNS servers to whatever  
you wish.  Now every computer you hook up won't need additional hacks.

--lonnie