On Jan 31, 2008 2:09 PM, Kevin Kempter <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi List;
I've installed Fedora 8 on 2 of my home servers. I want to specify an I.P.
address so I did this.
Running KDE, went to K-Menu --> Administration --> Network
entered the root passwd
In the Network Config tool I clicked on edit and I see that the "Automatically
obtain IP address via dhcp" is checked.
If I run an ifconfig I get this:
$ /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:D7:71:44
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4cff:fed7:7144/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1250431 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:726057 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1762907258 (1.6 GiB) TX bytes:49097625 (46.8 MiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000
I have a firewall which has the IP 192.168.1.1 and it's setup as my dhcp
server. If I log into the firewall and see the LAN settings I see this:
Name:
Device Name: ixp1
Status: Connected
Network: LAN
Connection Type: Ethernet
MAC Address: 00:c0:49:f4:32:b6
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
IP Address Distribution: DHCP Server
Received Packets: 4873480
Sent Packets: 6792793
So, I did the following:
1) clicked the Statically set IP address button and entered the following:
-- Address: 192.168.1.71
-- Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
-- Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
2) Exit the network config tool and save my changes
3) restart the network:
/etc/init.d/network restart
Now if I run ifup, then look at the output of ifconfig I see this:
# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:D7:71:44
inet addr:192.168.1.71 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4cff:fed7:7144/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1562719 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:916632 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2178981981 (2.0 GiB) TX bytes:62483658 (59.5 MiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000
At this point I can ssh/scp to/from the server via 192.168.1.71 however I
cannot get anywhere on the web. If I try and ping google I get this:
# ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
Now if I change the settings back to automatically get an IP via dhcp, and
restart the network then I can ping www.google.com and get a reply.
What am I doing wrong here?
Sounds like DNS issue. Statically set the DNS to the same IP as your default gateway or manually enter the actual ip of the DNS servers. I prefer the first option so you don't have to worry about updating dns entries unless you have some reason to use specific dns servers.
-Max
-Max
