Please help: Network setup

[stoavio]

It is the DNS (Domain Name Server) information issued by your ISP. Typically there is 1 primary name server (which is always an ip but sometimes like look like ns1.nameserver1.com) and 1 secondary name server in the same format (again either an IP or ns2.nameserver2.com). In my case when I ran cat /etc/resolv.conf it returned

domain hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
nameserver 68.87.77.130
nameserver 68.87.72.130

and as you can see both nameservers it returned were identical so I only entered 1 in my system preferences.

 

[stoavio]

So it looks like I'm all good to go. Thanks a lot for your help guys. I just checked my ports (I went into the Port Forwarding section and changed the IP that I'm forwarding to now is .30) and checked with Shields Up and sure enough, it works!

*buddied* nsutt22 & jsw

Thanks again.

 

[nsutt22]

Hey one quick question for me again... port fowarding it says ext. Port then ____ to _____ would i put like 8080 in both?

 

[nsutt22]

Also after i have port fowarding on how would i access that persay computer outside of my local network? the external ip plus :8080?

 

[stoavio]

Hey one quick question for me again... port fowarding it says ext. Port then ____ to _____ would i put like 8080 in both?

Yes, I think either you type in the port you want to forward or a port range. In the screenshot below you can see I'm able to forward a range of ports.

As for your second question, I'm not entirely sure. Sorry.

 

[kyleaa]

Nameservers, (Domain Name Servers, DNS), take the handy little web address you know, such as apple.com, and tell you what IP matches to that domain. It's like a translator, and keeps you from remembering IP addresses. Also, when IPs of servers change, the DNS entries are updated to point to the new IP. You generally know you have a DNS problem if you can't surf the web, but some applications, such as AIM, can get online.

I dont know if it was covered earlier, but the status page of a linksys router will tell you all of the DNS servers that it got from DHCP, so you don't have to play in terminal.

You lost me on the nameservers? What exactly is that for/do?

 

[kyleaa]

I don't know if they changed it, but 8080 used to be the linksys remote admin port, I would use a different one

Also after i have port fowarding on how would i access that persay computer outside of my local network? the external ip plus :8080?

 

[stoavio]

Nameservers, (Domain Name Servers, DNS), take the handy little web address you know, such as apple.com, and tell you what IP matches to that domain. It's like a translator, and keeps you from remembering IP addresses. Also, when IPs of servers change, the DNS entries are updated to point to the new IP. You generally know you have a DNS problem if you can't surf the web, but some applications, such as AIM, can get online.

I dont know if it was covered earlier, but the status page of a linksys router will tell you all of the DNS servers that it got from DHCP, so you don't have to play in terminal.

Good explanation and cool fact on finding the name servers. I didn't realize that. Also, 8080 is still the remote administration port.