Im having some problems with setting static ip and maintaining Internet access on my Frelink Linkstation Pro
If I enable the dhcp Internet access is fine but I want a fixed IP to setup my Squeezebox 3 Alien BBC etc When I use the script as below with my network particulars which are all based on a 192.168.10.1 gateway I get my required static ip but I loose my internet connection. In the old days one could add the Nameserver line in /etc/resolv.conf and all would be well but with current Debian this seems to be not so. I noted the below post from Tired legs written a few months back which still has the vi /etc/resolv.conf mentioned . When I try to do this I get some warning that the file will be overwritten. QUOTE When I FreeLinked my LS Pro, I used this sequence to create the static IP address: vi /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 #iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.10.30 network 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 #broadcast 192.168.10.255 gateway 192.168.10.1 #dns-nameservers 192.168.10.1 [The lines starting with "#" were in the file previously. Adding "#" comments them out, but leaves them readable in case you need to back out the edits.] vi /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 192.168.10.1 END QUOTE Im no expert at this but has anyone got a working solution. I dont think my network is that unusual. I have a Cisco ADSL modem which acts as my router and is set up as 192.168.10.1 This connects to an 8 port switch into which my PCs and Linkstation Pro are all hardwired. I also have a Linksys wireless router connected into the switch with ips in the range 192.1687.1.x on the wireless side. This communicates fine with the SB3 and the SB3 and Linkstation Pro communicate just fine. I think I have the dhcp switched off on the Linksys leaving the Cisco doing all the dhcp stuff I saw an article somewhere on the net pointing out that one should bring down the network before making changes to /etc/network/interfaces. Clearly if I do this with an Ethernet connected Linkstation Im not going to get very far as it will drop off my ssh session Should I add some nameservers into the above script?. Should I uncomment the broadcast? I think Ive tried both Im a bit nervous about random changes as some combination left me with a Linkstation I could not talk to without invoking EM mode Any ideas? Thanks in advance Eddie -- jwepugh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jwepugh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42015
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