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Re: [ts-7000] TS-7400 host name lookup failure.

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] TS-7400 host name lookup failure.
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:08:13 +0100 (BST)
The problem, of course, is that you can't ping the dns Machine, hence
can't do dns queries.

If you look at the output of route -n you will see that you don't have
a default route configured.

Try

 route add default gw 128.172.167.254



On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Rob Gleich wrote:

> TS-7400 Debian (3.1 Sarge) on 512MB SD; shipped 4/3/07
>
> Network info from Linux/Win desktop box (mostly same info used for TS
> board)
> -IP: 128.172.167.174
> -Subnet: 255.255.255.0
> -Default Gateway: 128.172.167.254
> -Preferred DNS: 128.172.1.1
>
> So I used this same info to configure TS board, files shown below:
>
> --/etc/network/interfaces--
> # Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or
> # /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information.
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth0
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> iface eth0 inet static
>       address 128.172.167.235
> #     network 128.172.167.254
>       gateway 128.172.167.254
>       netmask 255.255.255.0
> #     broadcast 192.168.1.255
> #iface eth1 inet dhcp
> iface wlan0 inet static
>       address 192.168.0.138
>       network 192.168.0.0
>       netmask 255.255.255.0
>       broadcast 192.168.0.255
>
> +Note: I tried it with the the 'network' and 'broadcast' lines
> uncommented as
> well.
>
> --/etc/resolve.conf
> search ts-local.net
> nameserver 128.172.1.1
>
> I checked the /lib/libresolve... linking as well.
>
> Not sure if it helps, but 'route -n' gives me this:
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref
> Use Iface
> 128.172.167.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0
> 0 eth0
>
>
> Due to our network setup, pings to the internet are filtered, so I
> can't ping
> yahoo.com or something like that. FTP is allowed, so I tried to
> connect to microsoft's ftp, which failed.
>
> I can however, ping machines on local network, but only by IP, not by
> their domain name.
> Pinging 'ts7000', the local host name, and 127.0.0.1 works.
> Pinging the IP of the nameserver fails. However, I am able to ping it
> from a Windows machine
> with network config identical to one above(all the way at the top).
>
> Well that is where I stand. I'll be keeping a close eye on this post,
> please let me know if more info is
> needed. Thanks in advance; other than this little hicup, I'm really
> enjoying the TS board.
>
> -Rob
>
>


 
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