Re: Problems after mixing Sarge and Etch
On 15 May 2007 08:01:32 -0700
NickDG <nick.degraeve@gmail.com> wrote:
> I upgraded the system but I'm not out of the woods yet: networking
> works only partly.
>
> I followed the instructions in the release notes:
> http://www.us.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
> -> aptitude update
> -> aptitude upgrade
> -> aptitude install initrd-tools
> -> aptitude install linux-image-2.6-686
> I rebooted the machine and the system came back up again
> -> aptitude dist-upgrade
> -> aptitude update
> everything was ok so I rebooted again. System seemed to be up again.
> Up to this point I was logged in directly on the machine but then I
> went back to my desk and logged in remotely.
>
> Problem: no connection to the internet.
>
> moria:~# ping debian.org
> ping: unknown host debian.org
>
> The server has 2 NICs, 1 connected to the router, one connected to the
> LAN, and both are static.
> The one to the LAN is ok as I can login remotely.
> They seem both to be setup correctly:
> moria:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
> # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
>
> # The loopback interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # LAN
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.1.113
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.1.3
>
> #Internet
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 192.168.254.3
> netmask 255.255.255.240
> gateway 192.168.254.1
>
> Manually calling /etc/init.d/networking restart didn't work either.
>
> Some more things I can check?
Dumb question, but you don't specify; are both nics up (output of
'ifconfig'? Is DNS working ('cat /etc/resolv.conf')? If you're using
static IPs you need to set up name service appropriately. debian.org is
192.25.206.10. What do you get for 'ping 192.25.206.10'?
> Thanks,
>
> Nick.
Celejar
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