The collected works of njash21

Hi everyone, normally I try to work things out myself but this problem has me stumped and I can't find any info on the net to sort my problem out,
I would really appreciate any help or links to sites that could help me fix my 'problem'
I have a SGI Octane, has Irix 6.5.? installed and am trying to get it connected to the internet using a Ethernet to Wifi adapter - specifically a IO Gear lan-ethernet adapter thingy, have set it up and tested that all is working on a windows pc, then connected it to the octane, been through the network setup utility (part of the irix os) but for the life of me cannot get the Octane on the net!!!, I previously tried to connect it to a router and then onto a windows pc to try and share it's internet connection and changed settings all over the place, so may have changed something I shouldn't have, is there any way to 'reset' all settings to default , to start again in case I've changed a setting I shouldn't have? whenever I start netscape and try to go to a page it gives an error about not finding a DNS server or entry or something, I can give specific answers to any questions , but until I know what you need to know I don't want to go on for pages and pages with stuff / observations that aren't relevant, any sites that may be of use? or ideally anyone that could give me a list of instructions would be greatly appreciated, thanks

yes, so set up as .. set up and start networking on octane.... interface ef0.......... DIDN'T select 'use DHCP client...... Hostname Octane, then IP Address filled in by autofil, matches address in 'about this system' ,then confirm settings interface ef0, hostname Octane, IP address 169.254.220.195 Netmask 0xffff0000 then performed system restart......... started netscape, tried to goto any bookmark comes up with error netscape is unable to locate the server :home.netscape.com the server does not have a DNS entry , same error with any website entered

ok added that, noticed on boot up screen has an error on "add net default: gateway x.x.x.x is unreachable " error ... possibly the problem? how do I correct this ? sorry to sound stupid but what does this error actually mean? is it the ip address for the io gear ethernet to wifi adapter possibly or something else? where do I find out what it should be and how do I enter the correct value for it? thanks for your help

ok set it to ip address of io gear ethernet to wifi adaptor , odd thing is gateway ip address when you querry 'modem' on pc is 0.0.0.0 other listing for fixed ip address is 192.168.1.252 which i entered , still same problem , error on boot up on octane saying gateway is unreachable , tried the adapter for connectivity on pc when I querried it and got internet connection after turning off builtin wifi card , not sure what to do now, maybe the sgi just won't ever work with this adaptor, have tried to set up a lan connection to share the internet connection on my pc and that didn't work either, man, I'm running out of options here , who would have thought connecting an sgi to the net would be such a nightmare....

ok have tried re-entering info in system manager/ networking & connectivity / modify networking settings, have loaded up ip addresses from manual of io gear ethernet to wifi , have plugged in io gear to pc and got properties of adaptor where it lists ipv4 address (of adaptor?) and default gateway settings then used these addresses back on octane, have disabled ip address forwarding, changed dns name server settings to suggestions given, changed host resolution order, but still no luck still same error and no internet connection, tried ping the address suggested a few posts back , get no network connection error, to be honest I am not sure i am even entering the correct ip addresses on the sgi side, I just assume that the ip address that is shown when i plug the adaptor into the pc is the same address when it is plugged into any computer ? or is it just assigned and changes all the time when it's plugged into another system , I am no expert in networking and to be honest, I never seem to be able to figure out any kind of solution unless i just stumble on to it . I can't give you answers to probably basic questions... for instance the ip address of the adapter...... how do i find this out? is it printed on the adaptor ? (can't see it... have looked) is it the addresses you need to enter on the pc when setting up the adaptor initially?, is it the address that comes up when you get the propeties of the lan connection when it is running on the pc...? they are all different and all named things like 'adaptor address' or connection address or lan address , that to me all sound what i am after but they simply don't fix the network connection problem.

ok...ok this did something ..... when i did 255.255.255.255 ping got a list of ip addresses , went through them and this made a bit of sense, got a few starting with 192.168.1.x if x =2 I got someones mobile phone, if x=10 got MBP + someones name (macbook pro?) and x =15 got someones laptop , i think, if x=252 I got tpgi.com.au which must be the ISP they use in my apartment block , (net search found TPGI ISP) so I choose x= 21 for my octane (?) and assume the gateway is x=252 ?

so enter 192.168.1.252 to default route to network routing table (?) , disable IP forwarding, what do I enter for DNS name server entries ? host resolution order at files/DNS/None ??????????

MOST IMPORTANTLY gateway error has disappeared when I boot up

Oh bejesus .... I have the net on my SGI Octane , finally thanks to last poster, managed to start me down the right track , oddly , I discovered by running out of options that the default route needs to be set to the ip address of the modem down the line, not the ip address of the lan-wifi adapter, then the DNS name server ip addresses I got off the ISP's website after pinging the 192.168.1.1 modem and finding out it was named TPGI (in australia that's an ISP) so worked out that was the modem + a source for finding DNS name server addresses, entered 3 that they listed , changed host resolution order to DNS Files None and I was greeted with a functioning Netscape , last time I surfed the net with that program was on a mac performa 68040 running OS 9 (pre OS X) bloody hell ... but at least I can get other stuff off the net now to run on this thing.... Thanks to all that posted advice to my questions, this lan-wifi adapter was pretty much my last option as far as internet connection went for this machine and now I have it working.... THANKYOU TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP ...