[colug-432] Fwd: Whoops

[Steve Roggenkamp]

Hi Ed,

I'm going to assume you do not have a router that you control between
your laptop and your ISP.

On Ubuntu and other Debian variants, the network interface is
controlled by a file,

/etc/network/interfaces

See the  man(5) page, interfaces, for details about configuring this file.

If you have a static IP address assigned by your ISP, you should have
an entry in your interfaces file that look something like this:

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 192.168.1.33
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.1.1
    broadcast 192.168.1.255
    dns-nameservers 192.168.1.100


I copied this from one of my machines.  I have a Linksys router and my
machines are all on an internal network, thus the 192.168.1.x address
space.  I also run DNS server inside my network so the nameserver has
a local address.  The 192.168.1.33 is this system's IP address.
You'll also need the gateway, netmask, broadcast and dns-nameservers
values.

If your ISP uses DHCP to assign addresses, the /etc/network/interfaces
file should look something like that below.

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp


And that's about it.

You'll need to do:

$ ifdown eth0
$ ifup eth0

to get the new address assigned and working.

Let me know how it works.

Steve

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Edward Dunagin <edunagin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Rick,
>
> The 706 seems old with old messages. I how to become a member, asked
> them, havent heard yet.
>
> On 2/16/12, Richard Holbert <holbert.13 at osu.edu> wrote:
>> Ed,
>>
>> I don't know how active they are, but you might see if someone from The
>> Chattahoochee Area Open Source Group can stop by and "lay hands" on your
>> ailing system.
>>
>> http://chaos706.org/
>>
>> Another idea is to if someone at Columbus State can help.
>>
>> http://csc.columbusstate.edu/summers/
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> On 02/16/2012 03:24 PM, Edward Dunagin wrote:
>>> On 2/15/12, Steve Roggenkamp<roggenkamps at acm.org>  wrote:
>>>> Which version of linux are you trying to configure?
>>> Hi Steve, I am using Ubuntu 10.04
>>>
>>>> Are you trying to set up eth0 to use DHCP to configure eth0?
>>> The service provider tells me I dont use this.
>>>
>>> Peace...................................ed
>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Edward Dunagin<edunagin at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Edward Dunagin<edunagin at gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:00:18 -0500
>>>>> Subject: Whoops
>>>>> To: Central OH Linux User Group<colug432 at colug.net>
>>>>>
>>>>> t had an apartment fire on Dec 12 that destroyed all contents
>>>>> including my 3 computers. I purchased new a HP Pavilion g series
>>>>> laptop. It had MS 7 on it and in trying load a Linux version I
>>>>> accidentally overwrote it. After some help from a friend in Montana, I
>>>>> got eth0 running OK, but for the world of me, I am used to a modem and
>>>>> a separate router connected to the modem before and can't figure this
>>>>> out.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Service Company  down here has the standard line "we do not
>>>>> support Linux" Any thoughts from the Columbus area?
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, I am now in Columbus Georgia at an Assisted Living Community, and
>>>>> the funny part is that people can say  he was  born in Columbus and
>>>>> died in Columbus.
>>>>>
>>>>> Peace to all...............................................ed
>>>>>
>>>>> Dunagin-Dunigan
>>>>> mobile 406-570-0992
>>>>> http://www.wifimobile.org
>>>>> http://doas.montanalinux.org
>>>>> http://www.uscitiesnews.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Edward Dunagin-Dunigan
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