Hi I have been trying to set up a file server following the guide found here:
http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-home-fileserver-p3
I was having issues with ubuntu not finding the host name when I used the query host name -f (see step 5 of howtoforge guide)
I eventually realised I had not edited the /etc/hosts file and /etc/network/interfaces file properly
I edited them to match as suggested on the howto guide.
eventually I successfully found I that I was able to find the
host name and I moved onto the next step which was to update the system.
However I no longer have internet connection via Ethernet I look on the web for a solution and a suggestion for diagnostics was
Code:
sudo ifconfig
sudo route
ping -c 4 www.google.com
I did this and the output is below:
Code:
root@trimdonserv:/home/j# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:6e:a8:6d:a6
inet addr:192.168.1.145 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:6eff:fea8:6da6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:716 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:207 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:54137 (54.1 KB) TX bytes:29071 (29.0 KB)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xc000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:711 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:711 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:58588 (58.5 KB) TX bytes:58588 (58.5 KB)
root@trimdonserv:/home/j# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
root@trimdonserv:/home/j# ping -c 4 www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
root@trimdonserv:/home/j#
I'm not sure what I have done to be honest and I am pretty annoyed with myself for messing it up.
I am running on a new install of ubuntu 8.10
Many thanks for any assistance
J
