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A number of people have had problems connecting to repositories caused by bad DNS behaviour by certain routers. For some unknown reason Linksys DSL-G604T and DSL-G624T routers often return a bogus IP address (1.0.0.0). Strangely, they only do this when queried by certain applications - apt-get in this case - but not when queried by Firefox. You can view websites without any problem, but attempts to install/update software using apt-get or synaptic fail.

The workaround is to bypass the router and configure the connection DNS server settings manually.

Here's how to do that in Xandros Easy Mode

1. Find out the DNS server IP address(es). For the DSL-G604T router, the primary DNS server address is at the bottom of the web admin status tab, device info. Otherwise, ask your ISP.
2. On the EeePC, open Network on the Internet tab, select the connection and click Properties…
3. On the DNS tab, check 'Override server provided DNS servers' (only shown if using DHCP) and enter the DNS server IP address(es). Only the primary is necessary, but enter the secondary IP address for backup if you have one.
4. You'll probably have to disconnect and reconnect to apply the change.