Configuring Static IP

nasrudin · 01-08-2005, 05:11 PM

hey ppl, i'm using knoppix 3.7 (hd-installation) and can't seem to configure a static ip
i'm using the experimental kernel 2.6.9 and have been trying what's described on the web... none of which seemed to work, can anyone plz help on this one plz?

nasrudin · 01-08-2005, 05:27 PM

i used ifconfig to set my ip addr to what it should be, as well as my netmask
it won't work for some reason...
so eth0 seems to be working fine but in fact i can't ping or access web-pages :P
help needed...plz, anyone?

Peacedog · 01-08-2005, 05:32 PM

Hi nasrudin, welcome to lq. Have you ran the knoppix network configuration tool? What card do you have? Are the proper modules loaded?
good luck.

Peacedog · 01-08-2005, 05:33 PM

What does your /etc/resolv.conf look like?
good luck.

nasrudin · 01-08-2005, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Peacedog
Hi nasrudin, welcome to lq. Have you ran the knoppix network configuration tool? What card do you have? Are the proper modules loaded?
good luck.

how do I do that,, maybe I have, I've tried everything i could find in the GUI before searching up console commands :P

Quote:

Originally posted by Peacedog
What does your /etc/resolv.conf look like?
good luck.

I'm on win now, so that i could come here and get some help, i'll be back in a few minutes with an answer
brb

Peacedog · 01-08-2005, 05:47 PM

To find out what card you have and if the modules are loaded, issue the following commands from a terminal window.

/sbin/lspci -v

/sbin/lsmod

Your /etc/resolv.conf should have a nameserver entry that looks something like this.

nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is an ip address.
good luck.

nasrudin · 01-08-2005, 05:47 PM

/etc/resolv.conf:

#insert nameserver here
#nameserver 127.0.0.1

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What should it look like? :P

Peacedog · 01-08-2005, 05:49 PM

See above post. The ip address should either be the dns server of your isp, or the dns server of your local network.
good luck.

nasrudin · 01-08-2005, 05:50 PM

my network admin gave me this:
IP Adress -> 192.168.1.34
Subnet Mask -> 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway -> 192.168.1.254

Preferred DNS
->213.228.128.6
-> .5

i easilly got win to work around this.... but can't seem to make it happen using linux :/

nasrudin · 01-08-2005, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Peacedog
See above post. The ip address should either be the dns server of your isp, or the dns server of your local network.
good luck.

i'm gonna try it out brb

Peacedog · 01-08-2005, 05:55 PM

Try this as your nameserver.

213.228.128.6

good luck.

Peacedog · 01-08-2005, 06:04 PM

You can edit the file manually with an editor as root or su -, or you can su - and issue the following.

Code:

echo nameserver 213.228.128.6 >> /etc/resolv.conf

You'll have to restart all network services, or reboot for the changes to take effect.
good luck.

nasrudin · 01-09-2005, 08:03 AM

no good.
/etc/resolv.conf now has the line nameserver 213.228.128.6 in it, but even after a reboot, i still can't ping ro brwose the net
NE1?!

nasrudin · 01-09-2005, 12:26 PM

the ip adress and netmask, as well as the nameserver are dealt with, how do i set the default gateway?
any help would be welcome

Cedrik · 01-09-2005, 02:29 PM

open your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file and add the gatway here