>>ifconfig eth0 222.126.25.250 netmask 255.255.255.248 up for the static IP >>(as provided by ISP) >>eth1 is for the LAN and working okay by pinging. >> >>Configuration Files: >>/etc/sysconfig/network >> GATEWAY=222.126.25.249 >> GATEWATDEV=eth0 >>/etc/resolv.conf >> nameserver 203.172.11.26 >> nameserver 203.172.11.25 as provided by ISP >> >>I can ping the GATEWAY IP, the static IP and the local LAN PCs. >> >>I cannot ping the nameservers >>issuing nslookup www.yahoo.com failed to return IP address. >> >>What am I missing? >> >>Thanks >>Edward See >>from the Philippines > > > You do not need both GATEWAY and GATEWAYDEV If you do not have a router, > then > you do not need a GATEWAY statement. > > > derek > >Can you show us the output of the "route -n" and "ifconfig" commands?
>The error message you are getting is saying that a reverse lookup of >your nameserver address is failing. I suspect that your default route >may be wrong, but it could be other problems... >Mikkel Hi Mikkel, in /etc/sysconfig/network GATEWAY=222.126.25.249 but route -n showed 222.126.25.248 thanks EdSee route -n Destination Gateway Genmask Flag Metric Ref Use Iface 222.126.25.248 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.248 u 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.20.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 u 0 0 0 eth1 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 u 0 0 0 lo ifconfig eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWAddr 00:04:75:E7:14:72 inet addr : 222.126.25.250 Bcast: 222.126.25.255 Mask: 255.255.255.248 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric: 1 Rx packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Tx packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen: 100 Rx bytes: 998 Tx bytes: 240 Interrupt:5 Base address: 0xe800 eth1 Link encap: Ethernet HWAddr 00:04:75:E7:14:72 inet addr : 192.168.20.1 Bcast: 192.168.20.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric: 1 Rx packets:16205 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0 Tx packets:10599 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen: 100 Rx bytes: 1810729 Tx bytes: 1154602 Interrupt:10 Base address: 0xec00 lo Link encap: Local loopback inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask: 255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU: 16436 Metric: 1 Rx packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Tx packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen: 0 Rx bytes: 196 Tx bytes: 196 Interrupt:10 Base address: 0xec00
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