Nevermind, I just fixed it. eirik
on 12/10/00 3:04 PM, Eirik Dentz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just did a fresh install of Debian 2.2.18. I'm using a Intel 10/100 Pro PCI > ethernet card on an i386 system. I'm hooked up to the Internet through a > Linksys router that connects to a DSL modem. I actually installed Debian > through this connection to the Internet without any problems. Debian set my > /etc/network/interfaces file eth0 setting to dhcp. And I didn't have any > problems reaching the internet with it configured this way. In order to serve > web pages from my linux box though I have to set it to a fixed IP address. On > my last install of Debian, I was able to switch the /etc/network/interfaces > eth0 setting to static and assign an IP address to my linux box like so: > > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.1.9 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast address: 192.168.1.255 > network address 192.168.1.0 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > > And I had no problems reaching the Internet. > > After applying these same settings to my fresh install, I can no longer reach > internet. > > Let me clarify this a litte: > > I am able to pull up my router's browser based configuration interface, so I > know that my http requests are getting as far as the router, but for some > reason they aren't getting passed through the router to the DNS servers. I > checked the DNS addresses in my /etc/resolv.conf file and they are correct. I > also tried typing in an IP address rather that a domain name and I'm getting a > "TCP error: Network is unreachable" I know that it is a problem with the > network configuration on my Linux box, because I'm not having any problems on > my other computer using the same network settings. Is there another > configuration file that I've missed, or is there some security mechanism that > could be causing this? Any help or advice would be appreciated. > > eirik
