Still a newbie at configuring Linux. I have a new machine, installed Fedora Server 25, all ok. Trying to setup the static IP. I believe I have to setup the DNS routes, but not sure how. Can someone tell me if I am on the right track, and if so, how to setup the routes? The router shows the static IP correctly, and I can ping only those devices that are on the subnet.

NOTE: There is no GUI. I have to do this through the character interface.

Here is the content of /etc/sysconfig/network:

# Created by anaconda
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=jonas
NTPSERVERARGS=iburst


Here is the content of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp4s0
HWADDR=00:E0:4C:68:00:4B
TYPE=Ethernet
NM_CONTROLLED="yes"
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.1.252
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=no
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no
IPV6INIT=yes
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes
IPV6_PEERDNS=yes
IPV6_PEERROUTES=yes
IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no
IPV6_ADDR_GEN_MODE=stable-privacy
NAME=enp4s0
UUID=2be202a9-47e3-3f1b-9479-058fd1519a21
ONBOOT=yes
AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY=-999

First of all, DNS has nothing to do with routing. That is handled by routers.

DNS is Domain Name Services

All DNS does is transform an Internet address like www.linuxquestions.org into an IP address so a connection can be sent out on the network.

It can also include information about mail servers, authoritative name servers, and several other things.

An ordinary user with a cable modem or DSL should not have to worry about routing.

Ok, thanks, but I use port forwarding to get to a database on the server from locations outside of the local network. So, I have a static IP, but in establishing that, lost connectivity to the internet. Can you help me get that restored with the static IP?

You obviously have a firewall running which mainly blocks incoming connections unless you specifically allow them.

I don't even know what kind of firewall you have, so I have to speak in generalities. If you want ssh and its friends to connect so you can connect to your computer from elsewhere, you'll want to punch a hole at port 22, 614, 830, 3897 and 1735, I'm not sure how important those higher numbers are, you might want to just start with 22. If you're running a webserver you want the world to have access to, you need to open port 80 (http) and 443 (https). You don't necessarily have to open a port to the whole world, you can open it to certain IP addresses.

If you want to see what ports different services use, look at /etc/services. They should all be there.

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. I was basically explaining why I need to establish the static IP. I know how to punch a hole in the firewall using firewalld. After adding the static IP, the server can only ping internal network nodes, not anything on the Internet. Knowing this, I expect that I have to fix this problem before going on to the firewall. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Ping is based on ICMP, so if you see anything in the firewall settings make sure it's completely open, the Internet can act strange if ICMP is blocked.

I solved it. I just had to add the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS to the ifcfg* file. I can ping the world now!

Sorry, I kind of missed that. So you have no Internet connectivity at all? The firewall should be set to allow all outgoing traffic to anywhere.

Cool