Craige McWhirter wrote:
> Debian asks you for your default gateway during the installation process
> (unless you select DHCP). If you enter in valid information (such as an
> IP address) your default route will be set automatically.
> It is possible to skip the network configuration section. Did you
> configure networking during installation, or after?
Yes I configured networking but entered a blank for a gateway.
Now I will have to find out where Debian would have put the
"route add default gw <my_gateway_i_didnt_add>"
James added....
> As you're at a uni, surely the admin there will know what the ip for your
> default gateway is. Getting them to tell you is beyond the scope of
> this list :)
Yes. Looking on my windows box it tells me the gateway. I have now added
it correctly.
Thanks for all the help. apt-get is now working, Netscape is now
installed again. Now to find gvim, apt-get remove emacs :-)
Mike
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