cant ping external website
NoOp
glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Sep 23 16:04:52 UTC 2008
On 09/23/2008 08:58 AM, Gilles Gravier wrote:
> Hi!
>
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/23/2008 02:21 AM, Donny George wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> You only need these lines in that part of your /etc/resolv.conf:
>>
>> iface eth0 inet static
>> address 10.4.139.3
>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>> gateway 10.4.139.254
>>
> *NO!* These lines aren't for */etc/resolv.conf* ! Don't put them in there.
>
> resolv.conf is ONLY for hostname resolving. As such, it only contains
> lines like :
>
> *nameserver *aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
> *domain *yourdomain.tld
> *search *somedomains
> *sortlist *ip/netmask-pairs
>
> What NoOp is describing would be the file */etc/network/interfaces* ...
>
> Gilles.
>
>
>
Thanks Gilles! Good catch... sorry I was also checking /etc/resolv.conf
at the time and brain didn't match keyboard :-)(
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