Specifying a static I.P. address for a Fedora 8 box - having issues

[Kenneth Lee]

> > 1) clicked the Statically set IP address button and entered the following:
> > -- Address:                 192.168.1.71
> > -- Subnet Mask:         255.255.255.0
> > -- Default Gateway:  192.168.1.1
> >
> >
> > 2) Exit the network config tool and save my changes
> >
> > 3) restart the network:
> > /etc/init.d/network restart
> >
> > Now if I run ifup, then look at the output of ifconfig I see this:
> > # ifconfig
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:4C:D7:71:44
> >          inet addr:192.168.1.71  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> >          inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4cff:fed7:7144/64 Scope:Link
> >          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >          RX packets:1562719 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >          TX packets:916632 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> >          RX bytes:2178981981 (2.0 GiB)  TX bytes:62483658 (59.5 MiB)
> >          Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000
> >
> > At this point I can ssh/scp to/from the server via 192.168.1.71 however I
> > cannot get anywhere on the web. If I try and ping google I get this:
> >
> > # ping www.google.com
> > ping: unknown host www.google.com
> >
> > Now if I change the settings back to automatically get an IP via dhcp, and
> > restart the network then I can ping www.google.com and get a reply.
> >
> >
> > What am I doing wrong here?
> >
> >
> Sounds like DNS issue. Statically set the DNS to the same IP as your default
> gateway or manually enter the actual ip of the DNS servers. I prefer the
> first option so you don't have to worry about updating dns entries unless
> you have some reason to use specific dns servers.


Max is right, you have a DNS issue - you can fix this by manually
updating the contents of you /etc/resolv.conf file.  You will have to
be root or able to use sudo to modify this file.

So the question is how do get the correct settings:  If you have a
router, the you can get the settings from that.  Just go to your
routers configuration web page (or whatever software allows you to
change router configuration), and find the primary and secondary DNS
addresses - should be in the wan config.
Add these to your /etc/resolv.conf file.  Add "nameserver " without
quotes before each one.

Another method - If you have a windows pc attached to your
network/router/whatever and it is using DHCP, just type the following
at a dos prompt/command window:
ipconfig /all

Grab the lines (yours will be different):
 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 205.171.3.65
                                            205.171.2.65


>From the information above, /etc/resolv.conf would be:
nameserver 192.168.1.1
nameserver 205.171.3.65
nameserver 205.171.2.65


It is possible that all you need is the first entry, and your router
will resolve your URL's into IP's.

Last solution: If all else fails, set your server back to DHCP, reboot
or restart /etc/init.d/network - now copy /etc/resolv.conf to
something like /etc/resolv.dhcp.  Verify that you can ping -c3
www.yahoo.com for instance first.  Then go back and set the static IP
up, and copy /etc/resolv.dhcp to /tec/resolv.conf.  (Must be root to
use the cp command in the /etc directory).  Either reboot or run
/etc/init.d/network restart as root or sudo (if it is setup).

Good Luck!
Ken