[lug] An odd networking question

[Tommaso Curto]

It seems to me from your first email (Skype works) and from the fact
that eth0 is static that you're just missing the dns servers. If you
don't have dhcp that tells you the dns server addresses you have to
manually edit /etc/resolv.conf

Tommaso


On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Kenneth D Weinert
<kenw at quarter-flash.com> wrote:
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> Patrick Mullen wrote:
>> The output from /sbin/route would also be useful.
>
> kenw at fortytwo:~$ /sbin/route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
> Iface
> 192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
> 192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     2      0        0
> wlan0
> link-local      *               255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
> default         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0
> wlan0
> default         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth0
>
>
>>
>>> but when I rebooted with the wireless off, my resolv.conf remains empty.
>>>
>>> Turn on the wireless, it gets populated.
>>
>> Is eth0 configured to start on boot?  Is it set to use DHCP?  Is there
>> a DHCP server on that network?
>
> Yes, eth0 starts on boot, is static (wireless is DHCP and there is a server)
>
> (from /etc/network/interfaces)
>
> iface eth0 inet static
>    address 192.168.1.10
>    netmask 255.255.255.0
>    gateway 192.168.1.1
>
>
>>
>> Does your DHCP server tell your clients (your laptop) what default
>> gateway to use?
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