Hello, I'm trying to establish an internet connection on a fresh install of Debian Etch - it must be static IP to go through my organization's Cisco system. I've checked the jack with another computer, it's ok. To configure, I used "ifdown eth1", then I manually added the eth1 stanza seen below to /etc/network/interfaces, then "ifup eth1" /etc/network/interfaces: Code: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 129.206.169.194 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 129.206.169.1 dns-nameservers 129.206.100.126 129.206.210.127 dns-search example.com I feel the problem is connected to dns somehow - when I try and access/ping a site I should be able to access, I am immediately prompted with "unknown host". I'm not quite sure what to try next... any ideas or suggestions would be very appreciated. Cheers, Eric
Hello falko, Thank you for your reply. I just got it working this morning. What fixed the problem for me was moving nameserver addresses from /etc/network/interfaces to resolv.conf I believe the nameserver addresses should only be in /etc/network/interfaces if one is running resolvconf, which will then in turn dynamically update nameserver information in resolv.conf Thank you again, and now it might be time to make a new post about my geforce video card not working. Regards, Eric
