Networking stopped functioning

[Adam Goodbar]

The one thing i dont see mentioned is DNS Setup.  Did you set your
default DNS Server to 192.168.1.1?  Also, maybe show a copy of
/etc/network/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf

Adam

Janne Vänttinen wrote:
> I have this little problem with networking.
>
> I have Kubuntu 5.10 with KDE 3.5, connected to Internet through a
> Linksys router. Router has local DHCP enabled so that when Kubuntu was
> installed, it auto-detected the network and everything was fine.
>
> However, I wanted to give my computer a static local address
> 192.168.1.10 (not distributed through DHCP). I opened the network
> setup and changed network setup to manual, IP to 192.168.1.10, gateway
> to 192.168.1.1 (the router) and checked the box to connect this
> network automatically when computer starts. I checked other tabs,
> found that everything seemed to be in order, and saved my changes.
> Everything still seemed to be fine.
>
> But then I restarted the computer. Now, nothing works. No connection
> to anything, not even localhost (where my firefox default page is).
> Naturally my first instinct was that I made some mistake and I checked
> the settings. Everything was as it was supposed to, but network was
> disabled. I tried to enable it and the enabled-icon flashed briefly
> but then turned disabled again.
>
> I restarted again, still no network. Frustrated, I changed the
> settings back to DHCP, checked everything and saved settings. Nothing.
> I restarted once again. Still nothing. The settings are exactly as
> they were when I started, but nothing works.
>
> Now I'm writing this on my dual-boot WinXP, which works just fine when
> I made the same modifications (well, windows-style anyway). So the
> router should at least be fine.
>
> So, pardon the abbreviation, WTF is wrong with my Linux? Help, anyone...
>

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