D'oh!

[chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org]

Lennart Sorensen writes: 

> On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:11:24AM -0500, Chris Aitken wrote:
>> Chris Aitken wrote: 
>> 
>> <snip> 
>> 
>> This is getting worse. I found a site that advises how to set a static 
>> ip. Unfortunately I couldn't find instructions how to set up static (for 
>> local network) AND dhcp-assigned (for Internet). I should have printed 
>> out my /etc/network/interfaces file but didn't - so now I don't have the 
>> default to reset it to to at least get my Internet back. So, here's the 
>> butchered /etc/network/interfaces file (maybe you can see what I am 
>> trying to do): 
>> 
>> #primary network interface
>> auto eth0:1
>> iface eth0:1 inet static
>> address 192.168.0.2
>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>> network 192.168.0.0
>> broadcast 192.168.0.255
>> gateway 192.168.0.1 
>> 
>> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
>> address 192.168.0.225
>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>> gateway 192.168.0.1 
>> 
>> I guess my next step will be to look at the /etc/network/interfaces file 
>> on the computer I'm on right now. It's a fedora 7 box so I nope that 
>> nothing will be different.
> 
> That setup looks wrong.  You have essentially set it to have dhcp on
> eth0 and also have an alias that is a static IP.  That doesn't work
> well.  You /etc/network/interfaces should be: 
> 
> #primary network interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> 	address 192.168.0.2
> 	netmask 255.255.255.0
> 	gateway 192.168.0.1 
> 
> And hopefully you also have something like:
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback 
> 
> That should do it all.

I'm okay now (Internet and pinging local addresses). I guess I figured it 
out while you were sending this. Here is my /etc/network/interfaces file now 
(same as yours only I had to add a connection for Internet): 

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback 

# The primary network interface 

auto eth0 eth1 

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1 

#iface eth0 inet dhcp 

iface eth1 inet dhcp
address 192.168.0.225
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1 

I'm assuming that the cable modem will reset the Internet interface IP info 
(in /etc/network/interfaces) whenever I reboot the modem or PC or whatever.. 

Chris 

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