can't ping my IP address

[ust]

I hv just install the ES 3 RH system , I hv modified the below file , but I still can't ping my IP 192.168.0.1 , I can only ping localhost , even reboot , it still not work , could suggest what is wrong in my system ? thx


#vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.0.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.0.2

I use ifconfig to check that , only the bwlow was shown , is it the network card still not setup or not started ? I can only ping 127.0.0.1 . thx a lot

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20944033 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20944033 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1075938067 (1026.0 Mb) TX bytes:1075938067 (1026.0 Mb)

[budman7]

Why are you using a static ip?
It looks like you are getting your ip address from the router. 192.168 addresses are not routable ip addresses.
That is the address that your router gives you.
Try switching to a dynamic ip and the ipaddr, netmask and gateway should be left blank.

Try that, I hope this helps.