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Re: [Sheflug] debian network problem
On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:54:20 +0000 (GMT)
damian.b@btinternet.com wrote:
...
> i installed it as part of the install package. it was one of the options that came up as it was installing. it first said something about installing ppp, but i canceled that as I want it to connect through my lan (the ppp install thingy was asking for isp details) .
> > Trying pinging 192.168.64.20, see if it works.
> >
> yes, that works fine, as also does pinging the loopback address.
pinging the 192.168.64.20 is the important bit... So far so good.
> > > When debian was trying to locate ftp servers in the uk so the rest of
> > > debian would install, i got the report "something wicked happened".
> >
> > That means your name server stuff isn't setup.
> > echo nameserver 192.168.64.20 >> /etc/resolv.conf
> >
> i tried this. I also tried:
> echo nameserver 192.168.64.20 >> /etc/resolve.conf in case you might have made a spelling mistake. nothing happened at all. well, not that I could see. nothing came on the screen.
The above puts the string "nameserver 192.168.64.20" into a file called /etc/resolve.conf
Nothing should come on the screen unless you don't have permissions to do this.
> to be honest, I dont have any idea what a nameserver is...
It's almost self explanitory, it resolves names...
i.e. www.debian.org => 192.25.206.10 it is required if you want to use names and not ip numbers.
> well, i do in general. it is the server that holds all the names of ip addresses against web addresses. the server where domain names are registered. i guess i must be overloking something... what an earth would a nameserver be doing in my little network? why would i need it? my windows boxes work fine. i dont remember setting anything to do with a nameserver on them. i just tell them to use dhcp, and they use the ipcop box and... well... they just work. I dont really know how.
DHCP can include setting up a nameserver automaticly as well as giving your machine an ip number.
>
> i think i will have to do some more reading.
>
> > 'host ftp.uk.debian.org' should then return something sensible. Also, you
> > may need to tell apt about your web proxy (if you are using one), like:
> >
> > http_proxy=http://192.168.64.20:3128/ apt-get update
> >
> > ... or something.
> >
> i tried this. I got the messages:
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
>
> I am not entirely sure what a web proxy is either.
something that can be used to fetch web pages and possibly caches them...
If your on an internal network, one who's ip address isn't valid in the external world such as 192.168.x.x then you need to ask something that can talk to the external world to get pages for you...
> I think i will have to do a lot more reading.
:)
> > Is this any use?
> >
> thanks again. it hasnt got my network working, but it has highlighted further huge gaps in my knowledge. I think a lot of the problem with linux is knowing what to learn, so thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
I think theres quite a good installation guide on installing debian as part of the distribution see below.... Theres also the linux documentation project. Good places to start.
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.en.html
http://www.tldp.org/
Good luck.
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