[TriLUG] configuring Linux with my new router

[Jim Ray]

looks like dns issue.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
> Behalf Of Richard O. Hammer
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:03 PM
> To: trilug
> Subject: [TriLUG] configuring Linux with my new router
> 
> 
> I am stuck on getting my RedHat 7.3 configured with a fixed 
> IP address 
> so that it can connect to the Internet through my new router (a 
> Linksys Cable/DSL Router with 4-port switch).
> 
> Here is the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 which I am 
> attempting to use:
> 
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
> IPADDR=192.168.1.3
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=192.168.1.0
> 
> When I use the above ifcfg-eth0 file I am able to reach my Windows 
> machine at 192.168.1.2 (it is also plugged into the router) and I can 
> ping the router at 192.168.1.1.  But an attempt to ping an outside IP 
> address gets me this error:
> 
> connect: Network is unreachable
> 
> Each time I change ifcfg-eth0 to try some new idea, I run
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
> to commit the changes.
> 
> So what am I doing wrong here?
> 
> Is there documentation somewhere on the language used in ifcfg-eth0? 
> on what the options there are, and what they mean?
> 
> For what it is worth, I can get it working if I use dhcp, with the 
> following as my ifcfg-eth0:
> 
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=yes
> 
> If I use that then the router gives my Linux box an IP address and I 
> can get out to the Internet.  However I do not want to work this way 
> if I can avoid it because I believe having a preassigned local IP 
> address will make it easier for me to configure packet 
> forwarding from 
> the router.
> 
> Also, for what it is worth, I have been able to set up my Windows 
> machine with a static IP address working through this router.  So it 
> looks to me like it should be possible.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Rich Hammer
> Hillsborough
> 
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