My systems are similar -- all fixed-IP, all names and addresses listed in
/etc/hosts, all Gateway addressed at 192.168.1.1. They all talk nicely to each other; for example, this machine's
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf looks like this:
Code:
# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]="192.168.1.10"
NETMASK[0]="255.255.255.0"
USE_DHCP[0]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""
# Config information for eth1:
IPADDR[1]=""
NETMASK[1]=""
USE_DHCP[1]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""
# Config information for eth2:
IPADDR[2]=""
NETMASK[2]=""
USE_DHCP[2]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[2]=""
# Config information for eth3:
IPADDR[3]=""
NETMASK[3]=""
USE_DHCP[3]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[3]=""
# Default gateway IP address:
GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"
The router is a Linksys BEFSR41.
I do have DHCP running but that is only for the occasional wi-fi connection for my wife's Kindle (which will also connect with a USB cable with DHCP).
One thing I would note is that DHCP addresses start at 100 and go up from there; could your static IP of 192.168.1.205 be interfering somehow?
Just for grins, my
/etc/hosts looks like this:
Code:
# For loopbacking.
127.0.0.1 localhost
# For public and private OpenSRF domains
127.0.1.2 public.localhost public
127.0.1.3 private.localhost private
# Local servers
192.168.1.10 fubar.lan fubar
192.168.1.15 InkJet
192.168.1.20 snafu.lan snafu
192.168.1.30 pita pita.lan
192.168.1.2 hicl01.lan hicl01
# Public servers
75.126.162.205 linuxquestions.org
74.125.224.70 maps.google.com
74.125.224.111 maps.gstatic.com
# End of hosts.
I know that's a little messy (and I just save DNS look up with the web addresses and I don't really know one way or the other if they're actually useful).
Other than that...
Hope this helps some.
