Hi,
> Looking around on some forums, people are complaining about
> the
> network-manager applet not working as advertised. Can you
> statically
> configure eth0 via /sbin/ifconfig like:
>
> sudo /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
> sudo /sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.20 netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> sudo /sbin/route add default gw 192.68.1.1
>
> Assuming that 192.168.1.0 = your local network.
hmm... doesn't seem good...
Yes, my local network is 192.168.1.0, but my router is at 192.168.1.254, so
here's what i did:
$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down
$ sudo ifconfig eth0 up
$ sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.64 netmask 255.255.255.0
$ sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.254
$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:fc:28:6c:59
inet addr:192.168.1.64 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:fcff:fe28:6c59/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1792 (1.7 KB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:22
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:11456 (11.4 KB) TX bytes:11456 (11.4 KB)
$ 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
default 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
$ telnet 192.168.1.254 68
Trying 192.168.1.254...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host
Thanks and Regards,
Edwin
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