forcing a specific IP

[Mike Noble]

YigalB wrote:
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>I followed the instructions and restarted the computer (was it a must?
> 
> I
> 
>>>thought Linux doesn't require that).
>>>With ifconfig I saw that the new IP was given - but no internet
>>>connection was established.
>>>What else could I miss?
>>>
>>>Yigal
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>Did you set your gateway in your Linux box?? and what about your DNS??
> 
> [<Yigal>] The only thing I did was to set the IP.
> 
> 
> 

you will also need to add the DNS servers to /etc/resolv.conf.

example: (this is for me and should not be copied)
-----
search cox.net
nameserver 68.6.16.25
nameserver 68.6.16.30
nameserver 68.2.16.30

# ppp temp entry

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The search line is not really needed.

You also need to set the default route to your router address:
If you have a linksys the address is usually 192.168.1.1.
You can tell if this is set with the following:

[mgnoble at zaphod mgnoble]$ netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt 
Iface
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 
eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 
eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 
eth0


The line starting with 0.0.0.0 is the default route.

Mike
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