On Sunday 16 September 2012 12:01:28 Brian wrote: > On Sun 16 Sep 2012 at 10:08:50 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > > First check your network connectivity by switching to console 2/3 and > > > doing > > > > > > wget http://debian.mirror.cambrium.nl > > > > > > You should get an index.html file. > > > > No, I didn't. :-( Now all I have to work out is where next?? > > ftp.uk.debian.org has the IP address 83.142.228.128 so if > > wget http://83.142.228.128/ > > gets you the file it might indicate you have a DNS problem. > > The nameserver being used may be seen in > > cat /etc/resolv.conf > > which, assuming you have set up networking with DHCP, would probably be > the IP address of your router.
Bingo! Brilliant! Thank you. It was a DNS problem, so I reconfigured the network by DHCP instaed of entering static values and we have lift-off - and I have learnt something. :-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201209161215.18269.lisi.re...@gmail.com
