[mdlug] New Debian Install

[Mat Enders]

Stan I am on an AT&T DSL line i do not understand why that would
matter as everything internal works except pinging the gateway and I
can not get out out at all.

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Stan Green <Stan at mcomputersolutions.com> wrote:
> Matt,
>
> I had the same issue, but only on an AT&T DSL. It looks like the new Debian
> (even Lenny is acting strange) does not work well with DCHP on AT&T
> networks. I switched to static IP and DNS names and the system was fine. I
> then move the system to another non-AT&T network, switched back to DHCP and
> all was fine.
>
> HTH
> Stan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of
> Mat Enders
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:30 PM
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
> Subject: [mdlug] New Debian Install
>
> Here is a stumper.  I just completed a brand new installation of Debian,
> during installation it could not reach the repositories so only a base
> installation was completed.
>
> I am logged directly into the machine not via ssh.  Network appears to have
> configured correctly via dhcp.
>
> ifconfig says I have the correct network address route -n shows the correct
> gateway resolv.conf shows the correct DNS servers
>
> from another machine on the network I can ping the gateway and
> www.google.com from the new install attempting to ping the gateway
> destination host unreachable and for Google it says unknown host
>
> I can ssh into the machine via its IP address and I can ssh into other
> machines on the network via their IP address
>
> I am stumped any help would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Mathew E. Enders
>
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Mathew E. Enders

"Where once Samba and Apache sold Linux to the world they are now just
part of the plumbing.  But that's OK, plumbers make good money."
--Jeremy Allison