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

[max bianco]

On Jan 31, 2008 2:09 PM, Kevin Kempter <kevin at kevinkempterllc.com> wrote:

> Hi List;
>
> I've installed Fedora 8 on 2 of my home servers. I want to specify an I.P.
> address so I did this.
>
> Running KDE, went to K-Menu --> Administration --> Network
>
> entered the root passwd
>
> In the Network Config tool I clicked on edit and I see that the
> "Automatically
> obtain IP address via dhcp" is checked.
>
> If I run an ifconfig I get this:
> $ /sbin/ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:4C:D7:71:44
>          inet addr:192.168.1.4  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:1250431 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:726057 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:1762907258 (1.6 GiB)  TX bytes:49097625 (46.8 MiB)
>          Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000
>
> I have a firewall which has the IP 192.168.1.1 and it's setup as my dhcp
> server. If I log into the firewall and see the LAN settings I see this:
>
> Name:
> Device Name:    ixp1
> Status: Connected
> Network:        LAN
> Connection Type:        Ethernet
> MAC Address:    00:c0:49:f4:32:b6
> IP Address:     192.168.1.1
> Subnet Mask:    255.255.255.0
> IP Address Distribution:        DHCP Server
> Received Packets:       4873480
> Sent Packets:   6792793
>
>
> So, I did the following:
>
> 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
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