Configuring Network Card

[dclardy]

How do I configure a static IP address on a Debian Lenny server?

I thought that was the correct information.

# The primary network interface
# allow-hotplug eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 208.33.73.159
        netmask 255.255.255.192
        gateway 208.33.73.129

It does not allow me to actually connect to the internet. I can get this setup in my Ubuntu Desktop just fine. Any ideas on what I am missing?

This is the output of ifconfig:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:85:ea:d2:d2  
          inet addr:208.33.73.159  Bcast:208.33.73.191  Mask:255.255.255.192
          inet6 addr: fe80::211:85ff:feea:d2d2/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:645 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:805 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:119708 (116.9 KiB)  TX bytes:109296 (106.7 KiB)
          Interrupt:31 

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:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:1262 (1.2 KiB)  TX bytes:1262 (1.2 KiB)

Thanks.

[falko]

Are the netmask and gateway correct? Did your hoster give you these details?

Here's a useful network calculator: http://subnetmask.info/