[clue-tech] problems with NAT/router

[Ken MacFerrin]

Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> Ken MacFerrin wrote:
>> Angelo Bertolli wrote:
>>   
>>> I've always used DHCP before, but now I want to set a few of my machines
>>> to a static IP address.  However, with two different routers, whenever I
>>> set a static IP address I can reach any other machine on my network but
>>> not the Internet.  I keep getting something that says "network
>>> unreachable" whenever I try to ping a domain name.
>>>
>>> Are there any tricks on these devices that I should know about that
>>> allow them to NAT the static IP addresses?  I have no idea why they
>>> wouldn't just do it automatically.
>>>
>>> Angelo
>>>
>>>     
>> Did you make sure to assign a gateway on the PC using the static IP?
>> -Ken
> 
> dang, you're right.  That did it.  I thought putting nameserver in
> resolv.conf was enough.
> 

yeah.. the nameserver will just allow it to resolve the names to IPs,
but still doesn't tell it where to route the packets to reach those IPs
(or even how to reach the nameserver itself if it's not on the local
subnet).