Re: Static IP config

[Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com>]

Kelley Hilborn wrote:
> Okay, for my local LAN, I'm trying to set up a static IP address.
> This is what my /etc/network/interfaces looks like
>
> #####################################################
> auto lo eth0
> iface lo inet loopback
> iface eth0 inet static
> 	address 192.168.0.101
> 	netmask 255.255.255.0
> 	gateway 192.168.0.1
> #####################################################
>
> About all I can do at this point is ping my gateway computer.  Am I
> missing 
> something once again?
> One other thing, do I need to input a nameserver anywhere? 
> If so, where?
> Thanks,
> -A 

You put the nameservers in the file /etc/resolv.conf

mine looks like:
nameserver 204.122.16.8
nameserver 204.122.16.9

Bijan