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| Thread ID: 109977 | 2010-05-30 03:28:00 | Kubuntu, static IP addresses and Telstraclear - help needed | decibel (11645) | Press F1 |
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| 889312 | 2010-05-31 11:32:00 | ...I worked out it was meant to be 127.0.1.1... I think you'll find that should be 127.0.0.1, not 127.0.1.1. Although not having it shouldn't make any difference, that entry is entirely optional unless you're doing something rather strange. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 889313 | 2010-05-31 11:44:00 | 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.1.1 (and any other valid IP address starting with 127) are loop back addresses - so that will not be correct. Shouldn't it just work if you put the workstation onto DHCP? |
johnd (85) | ||
| 889314 | 2010-05-31 14:17:00 | 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.1.1 (and any other valid IP address starting with 127) are loop back addresses - so that will not be correct.I'm pretty sure the OP was talking about their hosts file, not the network IP address. Shouldn't it just work if you put the workstation onto DHCP?No - this is a TelstraClear cable connection, they don't use DHCP, and they don't provide routers. Everything on their network gets a static public IP address, which needs to be manually set. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 889315 | 2010-06-03 11:53:00 | The problem is now fixed with the following settings - static ip addr = 121.73.148.x mask = 255.0.0.0 g/w = 121.73.148.1 DNS = 203.96.152.4 and 208.67.222.222 search domains = "lan" & 203.96.152.12 hosts = "127.0.1.1 mary-desktop" added to what was already there I am still confused as to - - why the Telstra installer set the mask as /8 - what exactly the "search domains" field is for and why did the installer put what is one of TC's DNS servers in there - and why did "lan" pop up after I put "mary-desktop" in the hosts file? Unfortunately I can't do anymore experimenting as the PC is some distance away and "it's no longer broke" Thanks guys for the tips.:thanks |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 889316 | 2010-06-04 03:10:00 | I am still confused as to - - why the Telstra installer set the mask as /8? Because they screwed up - TelstraClear's cable network uses /24 subnets in most locations. Setting this to /8 will cause problems, and result in some 16,776,960 addresses in the 121/8 subnet being unreachable, as the PC will try to contact them directly rather than via the gateway (and will therefore get nowhere). - what exactly the "search domains" field is for... This field is for resolving unqualified hosts. If you attempt to resolve an unqualified hostname (e.g. 'frankenstein'), but the host can't be found at the given nameservers, then the system will also try to resolve it as 'frankenstein.searchdomain' - so if you had 'example.com' set as a search domain, then this would resolve the record for 'frankenstein.example.com'. ...and why did the installer put what is one of TC's DNS servers in there?Because they're clueless and screwed up - DNS servers do not belong in the search domain field, they should be listed as nameservers. - and why did "lan" pop up after I put "mary-desktop" in the hosts file?This doesn't need to be there... Unless you're running a local DNS server on your network that is authoritative for the 'lan' TLD, having 'lan' in this field will achieve precisely nothing. |
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