Upgraded and lost connectivity.

[seeker1458]

I just built a hardy box, and got everything set up the way I wanted it. I was using a static IP. I downloaded and installed the updates (120), and now I cant get online. I changed the interface back to dhcp from static...still no luck. Where should I look, & what should I do?

[superprash2003]

go to the terminal and type ifconfig and post output here.. also type ping google.com and post output here..is this wired or wireless?

[seeker1458]

user@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:29:07:ed:c5
	  inet addr:172.16.1.5  Bcast:172.16.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
	  inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe07:edc5/64 Scope:Link         
	  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          
	  RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:636 (636.0 B)  TX bytes:8614 (8.4 KB)
          Interrupt:18 Base address:0x1400 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:464 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:464 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:24120 (23.5 KB)  TX bytes:24120 (23.5 KB)

user@ubuntu:~$ ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com

This is a hard wired connection. The Host machine is a Windows XP Box. The Hardy install is a VMWare install.

[superprash2003]

are you able to ping your router or the windows machine?

[seeker1458]

No, I am getting no network interaction.

[superprash2003]

then how are you getting 172.16.1.5 as ip?? in your ubuntu machine go to system->administration->network and go to eth0 properties and set it to DHCP Mode.. you have selected bridged mode in your vmware settings right?

[seeker1458]

/etc/network/interfaces is as follows

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 172.16.1.5
gateway 172.16.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 172.16.1.0
broadcast 172.16.1.255

[seeker1458]

sorry forgot to say I changed back the interfaces file, and was posting what I had when I originally was using a static ip.

I need a static IP because this is a syslog server.

[seeker1458]

...and yeah, I am using bridged.

[seeker1458]

Like I said, everything was up and running fine. I was recieving syslog entries from about 20 devices. But I never applied the updates from when I first installed. My first priority was getting the syslog up and running. The problem started after the reboot on applying the updates.