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**EndianX** · 11-03-2005

Hey everybody. I'm using a static IP for the first time in linux, instead of DHCP.

Everything is working fine except, well like, I can ping ip addresses but not something like www.google.com. I supposed I need to direct linux to a dns server.

I'm using just a base install of ubuntu, no x windows or anything.

How would I go about doing that?

Thanks,

**farslayer** · 11-03-2005

edit your /etc/resolv.conf

add in the IP addresses of your ISP's DNS or Nameservers (same thing)
it should be in the following format. mine points to the Broadband router on my network, which forwards the request to the ISP..

cat /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 192.168.1.1

you should be good to go after fixing that file.

**EndianX** · 11-03-2005

Thanks for the reply. Something else must be wrong.

host www.google.com gets me

Code:

www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.l.google.com has address 64.233.187.99
www.l.google.com has address 64.233.187.104
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.
www.google.com is an alias for www.l.google.com.

That is probably right. But I can't ping outside my network. I must have something else set up wrong

Code:

endianx@sumo&#58;/etc$ ping www.google.com
connect&#58; Network is unreachable

Code:

endianx@sumo&#58;/etc$ ping 64.233.187.99
connect&#58; Network is unreachable

Any ideas? I can ping my router, but not my ISP. Does that definitly mean its a problem with my router do you think?

Thanks,

**jimbaloo** · 11-03-2005

Have you configured your router to allow icmp?

**EndianX** · 11-03-2005

Yes. I can ping out from other machines. This whole things is so strange. Some network stuff works, and some doesn't.

I found this: http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/how...rkconfig.shtml

I'm going to play with that stuff as much as possible.

Could anybody list any network related files or utilities (non x-windows) that I should look into?

Thanks,

**EndianX** · 11-03-2005

From /etc/network/interfaces

Code:

# The primary network interface
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Does that mean I am set to DHCP? How would I change this to allow for a static ip?

Will ifconfig -a eth0 192.168.1.254 take me out of dhcp mode?

**EndianX** · 11-03-2005

Ok, it turned out to be a gateway problem. sorry to bother ya.

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