run in the shell sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1 for your setup. but this will not persist past a reboot. Then you can find out where in you particular distro to set the default gateway permanently. On Feb 5, 2008 10:58 AM, wrote: > as you've learned the linux box will now see the router after the linux > box's ip was made static however it still would not see the internet. I > then noticed a button in which I could view the routing table and the word > 'gateway'. The gears then started creaking and I realized that the3 linux > box needs a gateway to tell it what ip address to look at. ( I think that is > hows to explain it if I am right at all). The mnan page for ifconnfig > doesn't show anything special and neither does apropos gateway. > Could someone help? > What really upsets me is that the linux box wasz automagically detected > when i first set it up!!!!!! > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >