Your problem is almost certainly your gateway's address -- it's far more likely (though not guaranteed by any means) to be 192.168.1.1, not .15. Do a "netstat -rn" (when it's working), and see what's to the right of "0.0.0.0", thusly:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ netstat -rn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 10.20.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 10.20.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 This shows that "10.20.1.1" is my default gateway. -Ken Greg Rundlett wrote: > > # The next stanza creates a static IP address for this machine > #iface eth0 inet static > #name Ethernet LAN card > #address 192.168.1.11 > #netmask 255.255.255.0 > #network 192.168.1.0 > #broadcast 192.168.1.255 > #gateway 192.168.1.15 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss