Ok...I changed the new router's address to 192.168.25.1 (the same as the old router), and now everything works. Thanks! Mark On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Stephen wrote: > What is the gateway for. Your network. Is it the router itself on .5? Or > is it on .1? > > If dhcp is handing out .1 as its gateway and you assign .5 manually you > would have good internal connection but no route to the Internet. > > > On Friday, March 29, 2013, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> Sorry, Michael, I am a little lost. >> >> i changed the gateway entry in my /etc/network/interfaces file to be >> 192.168.25.5. Are you talking about something else? I am only trying to >> connect over the wired network from my laptop to the Internet, with a fixed >> IP. My interfaces file has the following (the comments are the old values): >> >> auto lo >> iface lo inet loopback >> >> # The primary network interface >> iface eth0 inet static >> address 192.168.25.150 >> netmask 255.255.255.0 >> gateway 192.168.25.5 >> dns-search ph.cox.net >> dns-nameservers 68.105.28.12 68.105.29.12 68.105.28.11 >> #gateway 192.168.25.1 >> #dns-search tc.ph.cox.net >> #dns-nameservers 68.2.16.25 68.2.16.30 >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mark >> >> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Michael Butash wrote: >> >>> Did you update your default gateway to be .5 instead of .1 for the dhcp >>> scope handing out to clients? If your gateway is still pointing at .1, or >>> your dhcp gateway is handing out .1 where your router/gateway is .5, that >>> would do it. >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> >>> >>> On 03/29/2013 07:39 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: >>> >>>> I just received a new ASUS RT-N16 running dd-wrt from Flashrouters. I >>>> replaced my aging Linksys BEFSX41. The only change I made was to the LAN >>>> IP - the router comes setup with 192.168.1.1, and I changed it to >>>> 192.168.25.5 (my network is 192.168.25.xxx). I connected the new router >>>> to Cox through my cable modem, got a new DHCP WAN IP and new dns >>>> nameservers. I updated my >>>> /etc/network/interfaces to reflect the new >>>> dns nameservers, >>>> dns-search (changed from tc.ph.cox.net to >>>> ph.cox.net ), and >>>> >>>> the gateway from 192.168.25.1 (old router) to 192.168.25.5 (new router) >>>> (I use a fixed IP on the wired network, and DHCP for the wireless) >>>> >>>> I can connect to the Internet using the wireless part of the new router, >>>> but the wired part of the new router times out on access to the >>>> Internet. I can ping all my local machines on the wired network. When I >>>> ping google.com , the error is ping: unknown host >>>> google.com , so I assume I cannot resolve any >>>> >>>> Internet addresses. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions on how to further troubleshoot/fix this problem? >>>> >>>> Thanks, and Happy Good Friday to everyone! >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >