On 07/05/11 17:19, Klistvud wrote:
Dne, 07. 05. 2011 17:37:09 je AG napisal(a):Hi KlistvudYes, that is the gateway/ router IP address - I just checked with the provider.Unfortunately, it's not as simple as that. Providers have been wrong in the past. The ultimate check would be: can you reach your router's configuration page by specifying 192.168.1.254 in your browser?
Yes.
Yes, the DNS address given is accurate - domain names resolve fine (once I can get connected).Well, AFAIK the domain names may be resolving fine because dhcp finds a working DNS server for you. The specified DNS servers (as per your static configuration) "may" still be wrong. You have to understand that dhcp and static are quite separate: once you enable *dhcp*, all other entries in your /etc/network/interfaces get disregarded, and any errors therein will not be picked up (and may thus pass completely unnoticed). The reverse is also true: as soon as you enable *static* no auto-configuration is taking place anymore -- you'll have to get your address, network, gateway, broadcast and other stanzas exactly right to make it work. In this configuration, potential errors in your /etc/network/interfaces will *not* pass unnoticed at all.I apologize if you already know that, didn't want to sound paternalizing ;)
No apologies necessary, thanks. Networking always confused me, and neither it nor computing are my areas of specialisation, so I'm trying to get my head around material that is quite alien to me, so all info gratefully received.
Thanks AG