Re: Specifying a static I.P. address for a Fedora 8 box - having issues

Kevin Kempter wrote:
> Hi List;
>

<snip>
> At this point I can ssh/scp to/from the server via 192.168.1.71 however I
> cannot get anywhere on the web. If I try and ping google I get this:
>
> # ping www.google.com
> ping: unknown host www.google.com
>
> Now if I change the settings back to automatically get an IP via dhcp, and
> restart the network then I can ping www.google.com and get a reply.
>
>
> What am I doing wrong here?
>

Nothing is wrong. But the DHCP automatically setup the DNS entry automatically. If you setup a static IP, you will have to add the DNS entry as well.

ping 64.233.169.99

will work without the DNS entry.

-James

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