Thanks
I followed the instructions and restarted the computer (was it a must?
I
thought Linux doesn't require that). With ifconfig I saw that the new IP was given - but no internet connection was established. What else could I miss?
Yigal
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Did you set your gateway in your Linux box?? and what about your DNS??
[<Yigal>] The only thing I did was to set the IP.
you will also need to add the DNS servers to /etc/resolv.conf.
example: (this is for me and should not be copied) ----- search cox.net nameserver 68.6.16.25 nameserver 68.6.16.30 nameserver 68.2.16.30
# ppp temp entry
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The search line is not really needed.
You also need to set the default route to your router address: If you have a linksys the address is usually 192.168.1.1. You can tell if this is set with the following:
[mgnoble@zaphod mgnoble]$ netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
The line starting with 0.0.0.0 is the default route.
Mike -- Usenix member http://www.usenix.org Sage member http://www.sage.org Registered Linux User #362275 http://counter.li.org
