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I'm running Ubuntu (Hardy) on a laptop that connects to the internet via a wireless router. In an effort to switch from DHCP to a static IP address, I have ...
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  1. 11-18-2008 #1
    foraneagle2
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    Help. I tried to switch from DHCP to Static IP and screwed up all my settings.

    I'm running Ubuntu (Hardy) on a laptop that connects to the internet via a wireless router. In an effort to switch from DHCP to a static IP address, I have accidentally screwed up my /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf, and uninstalled dhcp3-client (and its dependencies). I also can no longer see my wireless network manager and can't connect to anything.

    Here is some information:

    $ ifconfig
    Code:
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:d3:28:21:b4  
          UP BROADCAST 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 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Base address:0x2000 Memory:ee000000-ee020000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1980 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1980 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:111785 (109.1 KB)  TX bytes:111785 (109.1 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:02:9c:06:d1  
          inet addr:192.168.1.17  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:2ff:fe9c:6d1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1012 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:114356 (111.6 KB)  TX bytes:168766 (164.8 KB)
wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-13-02-9C-06-D1-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

    # /etc/network/interfaces
    Code:
    auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.17
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
wpa-driver wext
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-proto WPA2
wpa-ssid XX

auto wlan0
    # /etc/resolv.conf
    Code:
    nameserver 192.168.1.1
    $ ping 64.208.34.100
    Code:
    PING 64.208.34.100 (64.208.34.100) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.17 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.17 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.17 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
    Please ask questions if it will help; I will respond within 10 minutes of your post! I'm desperate. Thanks!
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  2. 11-18-2008 #2
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    Apply DHCP again and see what settings it does.
    # dhclient
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  3. 11-18-2008 #3
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    OK, I changed "static" to "dhcp" in /etc/network/interfaces and then I ran dhclient:

    $ sudo dhclient
    Code:
    Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wmaster0/
Sending on   LPF/wmaster0/
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:16:d3:28:21:b4
Sending on   LPF/eth0/00:16:d3:28:21:b4
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:13:02:9c:06:d1
Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:13:02:9c:06:d1
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
DHCPDISCOVER on wmaster0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
    $ ping 64.208.34.100
    Code:
    connect: Network is unreachable
    $ ifconfig
    Code:
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:d3:28:21:b4  
          UP BROADCAST 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 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Base address:0x2000 Memory:ee000000-ee020000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:2148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:121233 (118.3 KB)  TX bytes:121233 (118.3 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:02:9c:06:d1  
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:2ff:fe9c:6d1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:6246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6236 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:705798 (689.2 KB)  TX bytes:969144 (946.4 KB)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-13-02-9C-06-D1-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
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