Topic: No Comms to the outside

[w8kt]

Hi, a newb here. Installed SME 6.1 and have the inside net working fine. But when trying to go outside from a workstation I get "unable to resolve address" even for sites like google etc. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Bub

[CharlieBrady]

Hi, a newb here. Installed SME 6.1 and have the inside net working fine. But when trying to go outside from a workstation I get "unable to resolve address" even for sites like google etc. Any ideas?

Plenty of possible reasons. Most likely cause is that the server doesn't have a connection to the Internet.

[billmakr]

more info needed. can you see sme sme server in network neighborhood? is the sme set to be the dhcp server for your workstations? what kind of internet connection do you have and is it a static or dynamically assigned ip address?

[w8kt]

The server is visible in the network neigborhood. The server is running DHCP for the work stations. I have a cable modem with a fixed IP. All IP info is entered and correct. Everything inside seems to work fine. Just can't connect to anything outside.

Thanks,

Bub

[crazybob]

Hook a Windoze box directly to the cable modem, and check to see what IP yoy Windoze box gets. Even though you may have a fixed ip, your cable modem may not be bridging.

Bob

[w8kt]

I can hookup a wondoze box or my Linksys router and get right on the net. SME just says no go, "can't resolve".

[billmakr]

In our area there is no cable co. that offers a static ip {comcast,vista,frontier}

They offer usually only dhcp service and that is the connection choice you should make in your initial console setup. If in fact you do have a static ip address then you must enter the gateway ip address as well as the dns server ip address when prompted for "select master dns server address" and manually enter them in console configure mode.

then set clients to obtain and all should be ok. go to server manager and check review configuration and make sure your wan interface shows the correct ip info for staticip,gateway,dns.

billmakr

[tog]

Are you comfortable with using a shell?

Try to ping 216.109.112.135 (yahoo.com's ip address)

If you get reply's on that ip address, you have an internet connection.  That means dns is misconfigured.

Does your windows box come right up, or do you have to manually hard-code info?  Do you know your dns servers?  If you connect in windows (as a dhcp client) and run "ipconfig /all" you'll see them