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xb2003
April 29th, 2012, 02:05 PM
Let me start off by saying i know little about this, so im sure what im about to ask is very basic, but i cant figure it out.

I just installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 on a computer that will eventually be a small game server. Ive got it all installed, and when i setup the network stuff in the install process, i think i screwed it up. Anyways i think i either have no connection to the internet, or something in DNS is messed up. If i do "ping google.com" i get an error saying unknown host. But i pinged googles ip and it worked fine. Anyways, i know when i try to do "sudo apt-get update" which is the first step in the tutorial for this server, it will not connect to the server.

If you can help me with this problem, it would be great. THanks

CharlesA
April 29th, 2012, 02:24 PM
Post the output of these commands please:


cat /etc/interfaces


cat /etc/resolv.conf

xb2003
April 29th, 2012, 06:39 PM
the first one says "no such file or directory" and the second is "nameserver 10.200.14.1"

When i went through the installation, the computer wasnt connected to the internet. I realized that after it was done. Anyways, i had to manually configure the network. Can i tell it to re run the DHCP?

CharlesA
April 29th, 2012, 06:41 PM
Whoops, the first one should have been:


cat /etc/network/interfaces

The second one looks like a private IP for some reason.

Post the output of the above and we'll go from there.

xb2003
April 29th, 2012, 06:54 PM
"This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
and how to activate them. for more information, see interfaces(5).

THe loopback network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.200.14.111
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 10.200.14.0
broadcast 10.200.14.0
gateway 10.200.14.1
dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 10.200.14.1"

I had to type that...so i hope i got it all right. I i figure all you really needed were the addresses, but i didnt think of that till after i got done typing it all.

CharlesA
April 29th, 2012, 06:58 PM
That works. It is set for a static IP, so change it to read this:


auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Run this to edit the file:


sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

Reboot and see if you can ping google now.

xb2003
April 29th, 2012, 07:07 PM
Thank You So Much!!! I just got that update downloaded. I feel so dumb now, because it makes since that it would need to be changed to DHCP.....

Thanks again!!

DO you guys have a rep system here?

CharlesA
April 29th, 2012, 07:09 PM
No rep system, but you can mark the thread as solved from the thread tools menu at the top.