Re: Problematic install - cannot find mirror
On Sun 16 Sep 2012 at 12:15:18 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> On Sunday 16 September 2012 12:01:28 Brian wrote:
> >
> > 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.
Excellent :)
I forgot to mention that you could have also changed the nameserver by
editing the resolv.conf with nano. One of the Google ones, 8.8.8.8, is
useful to remember for an emergency.
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