Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror
On Sunday 16 September 2012 12:01:28 Brian wrote:
> On Sun 16 Sep 2012 at 10:08:50 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> > > First check your network connectivity by switching to console 2/3 and
> > > doing
> > >
> > > wget http://debian.mirror.cambrium.nl
> > >
> > > You should get an index.html file.
> >
> > No, I didn't. :-( Now all I have to work out is where next??
>
> ftp.uk.debian.org has the IP address 83.142.228.128 so if
>
> wget http://83.142.228.128/
>
> gets you the file it might indicate you have a DNS problem.
>
> The nameserver being used may be seen in
>
> cat /etc/resolv.conf
>
> which, assuming you have set up networking with DHCP, would probably be
> the IP address of your router.
Bingo! Brilliant! Thank you. It was a DNS problem, so I reconfigured the
network by DHCP instaed of entering static values and we have lift-off - and
I have learnt something.
:-)
Lisi
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