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setting static ip in gentoo
Name: mhershbe Date: November 26, 2002 at 11:33:30 Pacific OS: gentoo 1.4 rc1 CPU/Ram: 550/128
Comment:
I am trying to set up my machine to use a static ip, it starts eth0, sshd, ftpd, no problems, cannot ping anything and cannot be pinged, anyone have any ideas as to what i am doing wrong? Thanks
Name: malkowich Date: November 26, 2002 at 17:03:43 Pacific
Reply:
what is in you /etc/resolv.conf
it should have nameserver yourdefaultgatewayip
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Response Number 2
Name: Harrie Date: November 27, 2002 at 04:50:15 Pacific
Reply:
Hi mhershbe,
DNS is relevant when trying to ping to a hostname/Full Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), but when pinging to a IP adres also fails, it's probably a generic network issue.
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