No internet connection

[Brian Tilley]

James Kosin wrote:

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>| I am logged in as su (no one else uses this machine). When using the
>| prefix './' in /sbin I get the following:
>| Kernel  IP  routing  table
>| Destination              Gateway                Genmask
>| Flags  Metric  Ref   Use  Iface
>| 142.179.210.232    142.179.210.232   255.255.255.248   UG     0
>| 0       0    eth0
>| 142.179.210.232     0.0.0.0                  255.255.255.248   U
>| 0          0       0    eth0
>| 169.254.0.0             0.0.0.0                  255.255.0.0
>| U        0          0       0    eth0
>| 127.0.0.0                 0.0.0.0
>| 255.0.0.0               U        0          0       0     lo
>|
>| Brian
>
>Brian,
>
>1)    You seem to have 2 IP addresses assigned to eth0.  Do you have 2
>networks attached to a HUB/ROUTER?
>2)    Your gateway is all messed up.
>    a.  A gateway is how your machine (server or not) can get to IP
>addresses it does not know about.  For example, my gateway is
>192.168.10.10... This means that if my computer does not know how to route a
>packet it will send the packet to the gateway to be forwarded to the
>destination.
>    b.  The one with UG is the gateway and you are saying for it to get to
>142.179.210.232 it has to sent the packet to 142.179.210.232....  see my
>confusion.
>
>First, find out what the gateway IP address for your network is.  Without
>more information about how you have your network configured I'm not sure.
>It could be the IP addres you are using is the one that is assigned the
>modem/DSL router.  This should not be the case!!!  If so, you need to get
>another IP address assigned or setup a private network.
>
>Usually, the gateway route looks something like this when properly setup:
>    default    142.179.210.232    255.255.255.248    UG    0    0    0
>eth0
>142.179.210.233    *                255.255.255.248    U      0    0    0
>eth0
>127.0.0.0      *                        255.0.0.0             U      0    0
>0    lo
>
>* represents 0.0.0.0
>default also represents 0.0.0.0
>
>Don't take my numbers, you need to know what they need to be to properly
>setup your connection.
>
>Sorry, I hope this helps a little,
>James Kosin
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This machine is connected to a hub that is connected to the DSL modem. 
There is a router also connected to the hub. This machine and the router 
have their own static IP's.  I need to change the gateway address it 
would seem. Can I do this from the command line? I have the gateway 
address from my ISP.

Brian