cant ping external website

[Derek Broughton]

Donny George wrote:

> the file resolve.conf
> nameserver 132.230.200.200
> nameserver 132.230.200.200
> 
> i am able to ping the nameserver ip succesfully
> 
> but when i ping 217.72.195.42 its kind of still and then later shows
> unknown host
...
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 10.4.139.3
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 10.4.139.0
> broadcast 10.4.139.255
> gateway 10.4.139.254
> # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
> dns-nameservers 132.230.200.200

The usual cause of this sort of problem is not knowing exactly what you need
to specify for a static IP.  Addresses in the 10.*.*.* range are generally
NOT static, so why aren't you getting it via DHCP?

What is the result of "route -n"?
-- 
derek