[H-GEN] static IP on LAN debian sarge

[ben.carlyle at invensys.com]

Mick,





Mick <mickhowe at bigpond.net.au>
Sent by: general-bounces at lists.humbug.org.au
23/02/2005 03:11 PM
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        To:     Humbug General <general at lists.humbug.org.au>
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        Subject:        Re: [H-GEN] static IP on LAN debian sarge
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:27, Gary Curtis wrote:
> > add the following to /etc/network/interfaces
> > auto eth0
> > iface eth0 inet static
> > address 192.168.111.222
> > netmask 255.255.255.0
> > network 192.168.111.0
> > broadcast 192.168.111.255
> > gateway 192.168.111.127
> This is what I did set it to after reading everything I could find (I 
have 
> become very poor at searching these days). that setup resulted in 
tripled 
> ping times on all local boxen and a complete inability to resolve 
external 
> addresses from the debian box.

A tripling of ping times on between other boxes on the same network 
probably means your own box is effectively flooding the network. Have you 
considered the possibility of bad hardware (or bad drivers) being the 
cause of your woes?

Benjamin.