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Linksys Router problem

Hobbes · 2001-02-21 00:58:00

I have a linksys router. For some reason the router doesn't tell the machines linked to it the DNS server details. I logged onto the router and the information is there. The machines say they are offline until I hit retry, or I have to do a release+renew to get the DNS details. Anyone know how to stop it so it…

21-02-2001 12:58am

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Hobbes

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I have a linksys router. For some reason the router doesn't tell the machines linked to it the DNS server details.

I logged onto the router and the information is there. The machines say they are offline until I hit retry, or I have to do a release+renew to get the DNS details.

Anyone know how to stop it so it automatically updates the machine with the DNS details?

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#2 21-02-2001 1:36pm

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You mean a router, usually used to connect two different subnets together?

Routers don't generally broadcast dns details, usually that's done using a dhcp server as a scope option. They just build tables of ip address' to MAC address's
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