Neo, Hi. I'm wondering why you need the Static IP. Does the XS have one or two network cards? Will the XS act as a gateway to the Internet?
Thanks, Reuben Grape Projects IT wrote: > Hi Martin, > > I have never setup a static address before and therefore have never had > this issue before. Below is the step-by-step configuration that I followed > and I am having a problem with the DNS as the XO's do not connect to the > Internet > > I downloaded the XS 0.5.2 image and followed the instructions > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software. > > 1.I initially ran the script /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/domainconfig > katane.org with katane.org being the hostname > > > 2.I also changed the HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain to > HOSTNAME=schoolserver.katane.org > > > Our internet has a static IP address therefore I copied > /usr/share/doc/xs-config-*/ifcfg-eth0-local.example to > /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/ifcfg-eth0-local and edited the file > with the following: > > IPADDR=10.50.211.15 > IPV6ADDR=no > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > NETWORK=10.50.211.0 > BROADCAST=10.50.211.255 > GATEWAY=10.50.211.5 > > I also edited the /etc/resolv.conf to resolve the DNS nameserver as follows: > > search katane.org > nameservers 10.50.211.5 > > 3. Restarted the machine > > 4. I then started the ejabberd service at runlevels 345 > 5. Restarted the machine " shutdown -r now" > > 6. After reboot I pinged www.google.com and I got reply packets which > meant that I had connection to the internet > > 7. now the problem is that when I check the ejabberd status "ejabberdctl > status" I get an error RPC failed on the node ejabb...@schoolserver: > nodedown > > so I went back to my /etc/resolv.conf file and edited the nameserver back > to 172.18.0.1 and restarted ejabberd and this executed with no errors. But > now the server does not resolve the DNS addresses cause when I ping > www.google.com I get the error unknown host www.google.com > > 8.Another thing is that the XO does not connect to the internet under all > scenarios but it connects to the schoolserver as I get to the "who are > you?" page > > Now what do I need to do to make this work as I am using Active Antenna to > connect the XO's to the Server > > Regards > > Neo Masilo > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > -- Reuben K. Caron Country Support Engineer One Laptop per Child Mobile: +1-617-230-3893 reu...@laptop.org Deployments Support <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Deployments_Support>
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