Re: DNS/Internet/networking problems
Nevermind, I just fixed it.
eirik
on 12/10/00 3:04 PM, Eirik Dentz at eirikdentz@brainlink.com wrote:
> I just did a fresh install of Debian 2.2.18. I'm using a Intel 10/100 Pro PCI
> ethernet card on an i386 system. I'm hooked up to the Internet through a
> Linksys router that connects to a DSL modem. I actually installed Debian
> through this connection to the Internet without any problems. Debian set my
> /etc/network/interfaces file eth0 setting to dhcp. And I didn't have any
> problems reaching the internet with it configured this way. In order to serve
> web pages from my linux box though I have to set it to a fixed IP address. On
> my last install of Debian, I was able to switch the /etc/network/interfaces
> eth0 setting to static and assign an IP address to my linux box like so:
>
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.1.9
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> broadcast address: 192.168.1.255
> network address 192.168.1.0
> gateway 192.168.1.1
>
> And I had no problems reaching the Internet.
>
> After applying these same settings to my fresh install, I can no longer reach
> internet.
>
> Let me clarify this a litte:
>
> I am able to pull up my router's browser based configuration interface, so I
> know that my http requests are getting as far as the router, but for some
> reason they aren't getting passed through the router to the DNS servers. I
> checked the DNS addresses in my /etc/resolv.conf file and they are correct. I
> also tried typing in an IP address rather that a domain name and I'm getting a
> "TCP error: Network is unreachable" I know that it is a problem with the
> network configuration on my Linux box, because I'm not having any problems on
> my other computer using the same network settings. Is there another
> configuration file that I've missed, or is there some security mechanism that
> could be causing this? Any help or advice would be appreciated.
>
> eirik
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