Re: Setting Static IP Adreess, done...now setup Apt-Get
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:45:02 -0800 (PST)
CM Miller <cmmiller1973@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone who helped me setup the static
> ipaddress. I can now ping and do loopback. The only
> problem is that now I ran /usr/sbin/apt-setup and it
> cannot resolve any of the www addresses that I select.
>
>
> any ideas why?
>
When you use dhcp, the dhcp server tells each client which nameservers to use.
When you have a static IP, you need to edit /etc/resolv.conf and specify the nameservers yourself.
Kevin
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