Failed to bring up eth0

[british.assassin]

Hi,

I have been trying to set up a Debian 5.0 server to run ISPConfig 3 as per this guide: http://howtoforge.com/perfect-server-debian-lenny-ispconfig3

However, whenever I get to the step that sets up eth0 to use a static ip address I get the following error when trying to restart the network:

Reconfiguring network interfaces...SIOCADDRT No such process
Failed to bring up eth0
done

And after that my computer has no access to the internet at all. I have tried rebooting it to see if that made any difference, but it didn't.

I would appreciate any help anyone can give.

Thanks

EDIT: Forgot to mention that it was working fine straight after the installation with dhcp

[falko]

Can you post the outputs of ifconfig and route -nee while you're uisng DHCP?

[lychee_lch]

Hi Falko,

I have the same issue with thread starter here. Any helps? initially i am trying to setup static wired network thru the GUI but the gateway keep resetting to 0.0.0.0. So i manually edit /etc/network/interfaces to my setting. After that i cant bring up the network anymore. :confused: I am new to ubuntu but already have certain knowledge on Redhat. Seem like Ubuntu distro not that stable as it should. Please help. Thanks.

[falko]

What's in /etc/network/interfaces? What's your router's internal IP?

[lychee_lch]

internal ip = 10.2.21.152
netmask = 255.255.255.0
gateway = 10.2.1.251

interface
=======
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.2.21.152
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.2.1.251

I am using a dell vostro 1500 laptop. Could it be the driver issue?
Somehow, there will be no issue if i use wireless. Please advise. Thanks.

[smaj84]

Falko knows NOTHING...he just give silly ideas and links..

[falko]

internal ip = 10.2.21.152
netmask = 255.255.255.0
gateway = 10.2.1.251

interface
=======
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.2.21.152
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.2.1.251

I am using a dell vostro 1500 laptop. Could it be the driver issue?
Somehow, there will be no issue if i use wireless. Please advise. Thanks.
Use
netmask 255.0.0.0

[lychee_lch]

but i am using the exact same setting to online in my windows... but when i put that setting to ubuntu it wont work.

[falko]

Does it work with DHCP? If so, can you enable DHCP again and post the outputs of ifconfig and route -nee?