Hello,

This is my first time posting a thread though I have used these forums 100's of times to setup and build servers from scratch. Such a great resource.

Anyways, tonight I am switching my in house server from a static IP on my router to a static IP with my ISP as I am allowed 5 IP addresses from them very good ISP.

None the less. My method was this. I switched my eth0 configuration to DHCP and let my ISP assign an IP then I used the information from my ISP to configure a static IP.

The problem is even the DHCP didnt allow me any connectivity though I was assigned an IP and nameservers without a hitch so I am guessing there is hiccup somewhere between my configuration and adatper getting out.

Here is some information.
netstat -nr
Dstination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt iFace
72.174.140.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.252.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
168.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 72.174.140.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

My ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=ethernet
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
IPADDR=72.174.140.188
NETMASK=255.255.252.0
GATEWAY=72.147.140.1
PEERDNS=yes

My resolv.conf
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

I think I am missing something simple though using DHCP doesnt work either.

Thanks

I got it worked out.

Apparently my ISP was assigning the wrong gateway I dont know why. Got it worked out though.

Though on another note I couldnt assign the IP my router was using even after releasing it from the router I couldnt connect to my gateway. Though if I plugged the router back in and did a DHCP renew it would grab the same ip with the same gateway.

Kind of interesting anyone know why. I am not an ISP buff by any means.

Thanks

Are you behind a router?

I am not behind a router.

My cable modem has DHCP and I am allowed up to 5 ip addresses.

Shouldn't BOOTPROTO have static as parameter?

On my final working configuring configuration on used BOOTPROTO=static. But, it works with none. Not sure as to why though.