cant ping external website

[Mark Haney]

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
> 
> 
> i can ping other machines on the network
> 
> 
> the ifconfig is as follows
> 
> inet addr:10.4.139.3 Bcast:132.230.139.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

Did you notice the broadcast mask is wrong here?  Was that a typo or is 
it really wrong?
> 
> 
> the /etc/network/interfaces is
> 
>   # The loopback network interface
> 
> auto lo
> 
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
>  # The primary network interface
> 
> auto eth0
> 
> 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
> 
> dns-search imtek.uni-freiburg.de
> 
> 
> 
> thankyou for your help in advance
> 
> don
> 
> 
>
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Mark Haney
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