[H-GEN] static IP on LAN debian sarge
ben.carlyle at invensys.com
ben.carlyle at invensys.com
Wed Feb 23 00:20:55 EST 2005
Mick,
Mick <mickhowe at bigpond.net.au>
Sent by: general-bounces at lists.humbug.org.au
23/02/2005 03:11 PM
Please respond to mickhowe
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.
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