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I setup a server last night and was able to remotely connect to it and access the internet with it. However, now that I have setup /etc/network/interfaces so that the ...
  1. 01-22-2011 #1
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    Server setup with static IP not accessible and cannot access internet

    I setup a server last night and was able to remotely connect to it and access the internet with it. However, now that I have setup /etc/network/interfaces so that the server will have a static IP address, I cannot access the server remotely. Also, from the server itself, I cannot access the internet. Ping provides "unkown host" for any website I try. How do I fix this?! I don't know why this is happening.

    Here is my interfaces file:

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#The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
# also tried with and without auto eth0
# auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
  address 192.168.133
  netmask 225.225.225.0
  gateway 192.168.1.1
    This is the only NIC on the server. Here is ifconfig:

    Code:
    eth0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr: 192.168.1.133 Bcast:192.168.1.225 Mask:225.225.225.0
UP BROACAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txpueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes: 0 (0.0 B)
Interupt: 29

lo ....
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  2. 01-22-2011 #2
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    Okay, that was stupid. From now on I will only be using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 instead of 225...etc.
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    IP Address looks odd too unless that's a shorthand notation?
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