| 1 |
On Friday 12 May 2006 08:46, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: |
| 2 |
> On Friday 12 May 2006 07:27, "Matthew R. Lee" <gentoo@××××××××××.org> wrote |
| 3 |
> |
| 4 |
> about '[gentoo-user] static ip wont connect but dhcp will': |
| 5 |
> > I have my connection set to get an ip using dhcp and this works. |
| 6 |
> > However if I try to use a static ip, by setting it in /etc/conf.d/net, |
| 7 |
> > it doesn't work, even if I try the ip I have been given by the dhcp |
| 8 |
> > server. |
| 9 |
> > When I run /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start I get green oks for everything, |
| 10 |
> > but trying to ping www.gentoo.org I get the following error, |
| 11 |
> > immediately: ping: unknown host www.gentoo.org |
| 12 |
> > |
| 13 |
> > Any clues as to what's up? |
| 14 |
> |
| 15 |
> Can you ping by ip address outside the network? Try pinging these |
| 16 |
> addresses -- they are various google servers near me: |
| 17 |
> 64.233.167.104 |
| 18 |
> 64.233.167.147 |
| 19 |
> 64.233.167.99 |
| 20 |
> |
| 21 |
> Your problem sounds like not having a valid /etc/resolv.conf, which a part |
| 22 |
> of the process in resolving names to ip addresses. |
| 23 |
> |
| 24 |
> DHCP clients will often write this file based on the information received |
| 25 |
> from the DHCP server, but they often save the old version and put it back |
| 26 |
> into place when they shut down. |
| 27 |
|
| 28 |
|
| 29 |
Sorted :-) It was the DNS settings in resolv.conf. I knew it had to be |
| 30 |
something simple. I couldn't see for looking! |
| 31 |
Thanks |
| 32 |
Matt |
| 33 |
-- |
| 34 |
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% |
| 35 |
Dr. Matthew R. Lee. |
| 36 |
CASEB & ECIM |
| 37 |
Departamento de Ecologia, |
| 38 |
P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, |
| 39 |
Alameda 340, Santiago, |
| 40 |
CP 6513677 |
| 41 |
CHILE. |
| 42 |
|
| 43 |
matt@××××××××××.org |
| 44 |
mlee@×××××××.cl |
| 45 |
|
| 46 |
URL: meiochile.matthewlee.org |
| 47 |
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% |
| 48 |
|
| 49 |
-- |
| 50 |
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
Archives