On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 13:42, Matt Price wrote: > Hi everyone, > > In an effort to change form a dynamic to a staticIP configuration, I > seem to have partially broken my network setup. Here's what I did: > > -- added an extra line to /etc/hosts: > 192.16.8.2.199 matts-mac localhost
This is an invalid ip address. It should be 4 octets, eg 192.168.2.199. I've a feeling localhost should always be 127.0.0.1 (it has been on every system I ever looked after), maybe someone can verify. If you are using the static config as below your /etc/hosts file should look like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.2.199 matts-mac > > -- changed the devinition of eth0 in /etc/networking/interfaces from > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > to > > # replace dhcpwith static > # auto eth0 > # iface eth0 inet static > # address 192.168.2.199 > # netmask 255.255.255.0 > # broadcast 192.168.2.255 > # gateway 192.168.2.1 > This looks ok to me. > as you can see, I've since commented it out. > > At this point my interface was broken, and although I tried returning > the files to their pristie state and rebooting, I didn't have much rebooting generally doesn't change much on a Linux/Unix box as it uses the files you have edited. > luck. Then (no doubt compounding the problem) I ran dpkg-reconfigure > on any package that looked like it might help revert me to my original > setup, like ifupdown, inetd, net-tools, network-base. In so doing I > worry I might have screwed things up further... and after I returned > the files I'd edited by hand to their original state, things were > still broken. > > the situation now is the following: > > - on boot, any network relateddaemon takes forever to start up before > some connection times out. But the system boots nonetheless. - ping It will boot, just without network support. <snip> /sbin/ifconfig will tell you what interfaces are up (should be in your path if you are root, but not as a normal user -- unless you put /sbin in you path :-) Make the changes suggested above and then the following: ifdown --all ifup --all This will take the interfaces down and then bring them back up again, then type ifconfig to check that the interfaces are up. I am assuming that the kernel supports the nic or you have the correct modules loaded (lsmod). Have you changed the kernel? rgh > > meanwhile, lots of outgoing connections still seem to work. For > instance, I can browse the web and make ssh connections. However, I > can't seem to reach my computer even from outside (can't ssh to it, > for instance). > > so, 2 questions: > > -- WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY SYSTEM? > > and > > -- HOW DO I FIX IT? > > the latter is more pressing than the former... I was hoping it would > be possible to reduplicate the "configure your system" step from the > debian install process, but I couldn't figure out whether that's > possible. > > Anyway, thanks again, as usual, for the help! > > matt -- "It is possible to make things of great complexity out of things that are very simple. There is no conservation of simplicity" -- Stephen Wolfram Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0410 646 369 key fingerprint : 909D CBFA C669 AC2F A937 AFA4 661B 9D21 EAAB 4291 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]