My problem may sound familiar to some of you, because I have raised it before in this forum. I still haven't solved it, so I am going to present it again (trying to be more systematic and methodical this time). For those of you tried to help me before: Thank you. If you will try again, I will be very grateful for your perseverance.
I installed Debian on my Dell Dimension 4100 and, with networking configured for DHCP, I am able to connect to the Internet, ftp, http, etc. I am building an internet server, so I need to reconfigure networking to use a static IP address. I edited /etc/network/interfaces, using the static IP address leased to me by my RCN (and the other network parameters RCN provided). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I edited /etc/network/interfaces to look like this: # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 # configured for DHCP during Debian installation # iface eth0 int dhcp iface eth0 inet static address 207.237.37.110 netmask 255.255.255.224 network 207.237.37.96 broadcast 207.237.37.127 gateway 207.237.37.97 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - jupiter:~# /etc/init.d/networking restart - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I edited /etc/resolv.conf to include addresses of nameservers provided by RCN. search nameserver 207.172.3.8 # ns1.dns.rcn.net nameserver 207.172.3.9 # ns2.dns.rcn.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I edited /etc/hosts to include my hostname and domain: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost jupiter 207.237.37.110 jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org jupiter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - jupiter:~# echo jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org > /etc/hostname jupiter:~# /bin/hostname –F /etc/hostname jupiter:~# hostname jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org # shouldn't this be *just* the host name? jupiter:~# hostname -f jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Now, I test the network configuration: jupiter:~# ping 209.200.229.100 From 207.237.37.110 icmp_seq Destination Host Unreachable - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Relevant observation: With the network configured for DHCP, I can run lynx: jupiter:~# lynx ipchicken.com Current IP Address: 207.237.37.110 (Of course, I can't run lynx with the static configuration until I get that configuration working!) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Relevant observation: With the network configured for DHCP, when I run ifconfig I get: Inet addr: 192.168.2.3 Bcast: 192.168.2.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Full Disclosure I am running Debian sarge, because that is the version that was used in the book I am following to learn how to build an internet server. I realize this raises security issues, but I am not building a production server, only a *training* server. More to the point: Although sarge is no longer state-of-the-art, I assume it should still be possible to configure it as an internet server with a static IP address! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Again, many thanks if you have read this far! I am grateful for any insight the Debian community can offer on this problem. Best Regards, Vwaju New York City -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
