>>>>>>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? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>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. >>>> >>> >>>1) you have to set the Gateway on the PC's on your network.... >>>2) you have to start NAT (Network Address Translation) on the PC that >> >> is >> >>>the gateway to the Internet >>>3) BUT WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT: YOU HAVE TO START A FIREWALL (IPTABLES) >>>ON THE GATEWAY BOX >>> >>>I suggest to have a look at www.netfilter.org and then come back here. >>> >>>You will be on the Internet in a really short time.... >> >> >> [<Yigal>] I use router (edimax) - and it general it works fine. I set >> the pool to be between 192.168.2.110 till 200 (for the PCs that take the >> IP automatically). >> For the Linux machine - I want to have specific IP (e.g. 192.168.2.100). >> Currently the Linux works fine with auto-IP. >> I know how to change it to the needed IP(192.168.2.100) - what should I >> put in mask? 255.255.255.0 ? and what about the DNS field ? >> >> > >Netmask will be 255.255.255.0, broadcast will be 192.168.1.255, GATEWAY >will be the router's LAN-side IP (probably 192.168.1.1) and the DNS >Server returned by "host zahav.net.il" is 192.117.172.16 > >If you have problems, be sure that your choice of static IP is not >somehow interfereing with the router's DHCP pool. (Linksys has rules >that I've never really understood. YMMV) > >Also, I strongly suspect that you would have been happily surfing >several hours ago, had you given all the information above in your >original post. > >Good luck! [<Yigal>] Thanks. The problem is solved. In order to move from auto-IP to dynamic I needed to do 3 steps: 1- enter the requested IP 2- write the sub mask 255.255.255.0 3- take the DNS from /etc/resolv.conf - in my case it's 192.168.2.1 Now I wonder why couldn't I just write the IP and let the Fedora do the rest - after all there is a simple algorithm to follow.
