Oh, dns search - fix that too and remove the url. It doesn't want a link, it wants a domain name in dns format. That might be breaking dns resolution. -mb On 03/29/2013 08:54 PM, Stephen wrote: > What is the gateway for. Your network. Is it the router itself on .5? Or > is it on .1? > > If dhcp is handing out .1 as its gateway and you assign .5 manually you > would have good internal connection but no route to the Internet. > > > On Friday, March 29, 2013, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Sorry, Michael, I am a little lost. > > i changed the gateway entry in my /etc/network/interfaces file to be > 192.168.25.5. Are you talking about something else? I am only trying > to connect over the wired network from my laptop to the Internet, > with a fixed IP. My interfaces file has the following (the comments > are the old values): > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.25.150 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.25.5 > dns-search ph.cox.net > dns-nameservers 68.105.28.12 68.105.29.12 68.105.28.11 > #gateway 192.168.25.1 > #dns-search tc.ph.cox.net > #dns-nameservers 68.2.16.25 68.2.16.30 > > Thanks! > > Mark > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Michael Butash > wrote: > > Did you update your default gateway to be .5 instead of .1 for > the dhcp scope handing out to clients? If your gateway is still > pointing at .1, or your dhcp gateway is handing out .1 where > your router/gateway is .5, that would do it. > > -mb > > > > On 03/29/2013 07:39 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I just received a new ASUS RT-N16 running dd-wrt from > Flashrouters. I > replaced my aging Linksys BEFSX41. The only change I made > was to the LAN > IP - the router comes setup with 192.168.1.1, and I changed > it to > 192.168.25.5 (my network is 192.168.25.xxx). I connected the > new router > to Cox through my cable modem, got a new DHCP WAN IP and new dns > nameservers. I updated my > /etc/network/interfaces to reflect the new > dns nameservers, > dns-search (changed from tc.ph.cox.net > to > ph.cox.net ), and > > the gateway from 192.168.25.1 (old router) to 192.168.25.5 > (new router) > (I use a fixed IP on the wired network, and DHCP for the > wireless) > > I can connect to the Internet using the wireless part of the > new router, > but the wired part of the new router times out on access to the > Internet. I can ping all my local machines on the wired > network. When I > ping google.com , the > error is ping: unknown host > google.com , so I > assume I cannot resolve any > > Internet addresses. > > Any suggestions on how to further troubleshoot/fix this problem? > > Thanks, and Happy Good Friday to everyone! > > Mark > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss