[mdlug] New Debian Install

[Mat Enders]

I am not using the dhcp server on the Netopia device from AT&T I have my own dhcp server running on the network. 
Mat Enders from my BlackBerry®

-----Original Message-----
From: "Stan Green" <Stan at MComputerSolutions.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 22:57:57 
To: 'Mat Enders'<mat.enders at gmail.com>
Reply-To: <Stan at MComputerSolutions.com>
Subject: RE: [mdlug] New Debian Install

Mat,

I never figured it out, as I move the machine to another location, but I
think it has something to do with the DHCP server they have running in the
AT&T hardware. I now have a Debain 6 running in a VM so maybe I'll play with
it someday.

Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: Mat Enders [mailto:mat.enders at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:52 PM
To: Stan at mcomputersolutions.com; MDLUG's Main discussion list
Subject: Re: [mdlug] New Debian Install

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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> part of the plumbing.  But that's OK, plumbers make good money."
> --Jeremy Allison
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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