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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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889302 2010-05-30 03:28:00 I have provided an old computer running Kubuntu 8.04 for a friend and she has gone from dial-up to Telstra broadband.
At my house, her computer works fine on DHCP and even when I entered a static address such as 192.168.1.61 etc.

Trouble is, I can't get the internet to work at her house on Telstra, can't even ping the gateway.
I have set the static IP address, gateway, mask and DNS server through "Applications - System - Network"
The host setting has "127.0.1.1 mary-desktop" entered.

I know that the Telstra modem is OK as I took my work lap-top around there and was able to surf to my heart's content.

Not so on her machine.

Any help would be much appreciated.
decibel (11645)
889303 2010-05-30 03:31:00 Did you set the right information in the static address? nedkelly (9059)
889304 2010-05-30 03:41:00 Did you set the right information in the static address?

Yes and I know it is correct because it worked fine on my work lap-top.
decibel (11645)
889305 2010-05-30 03:46:00 Did you restart the network service following the change?


sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Here is a manual way to do it.

www.ubuntugeek.com
KarameaDave (15222)
889306 2010-05-30 07:14:00 I have mine set to using Clear
IP Address : 192.168.1.2 This may need changing depending on your router.
Netmask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.1.1 This may need changing depending on your router.
DNS server 1 : 203.97.78.43
DNS server 1 : 203.97.78.44
It is better to set a static IP address.
If you have the network manager running the easiest way is to right click on it and go to configure network.
mikebartnz (21)
889307 2010-05-30 14:15:00 Is the network adaptor in her machine actually detected etc? Agent_24 (57)
889308 2010-05-30 20:44:00 What address have you assigned the PC, and what is the routers address? Where does the "127.0.1.1" come from? inphinity (7274)
889309 2010-05-30 21:02:00 I have mine set to using Clear
IP Address : 192.168.1.2 This may need changing depending on your router.
Netmask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.1.1 This may need changing depending on your router.
DNS server 1 : 203.97.78.43
DNS server 1 : 203.97.78.44
It is better to set a static IP address.
If you have the network manager running the easiest way is to right click on it and go to configure network.I think we're talking about a direct connection to a TelstraClear cable modem here - the OP has made no mention of routers, which means that the PC should have the public IP set directly.
Erayd (23)
889310 2010-05-31 08:32:00 Know nothing about setting those up. mikebartnz (21)
889311 2010-05-31 09:10:00 Sorry, yes it is direct to a cable modem.
Originally there was a message on the screen about adding mary-desktop to the hosts file but nothing about what ip address - I worked out it was
meant to be 127.0.1.1 mary-desktop
I have set the public ipaddress as 121.73.148.x and the g/w as 121.73.148.1 and DNS as 203.96.152.4 with secondary DNS as 208.67.222.222 (OpenDNS)

I'll try Karamea Dave's suggestion tomorrow night together with another couple from a geek at work.
decibel (11645)
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