On Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 20:07:02 -0800, Jon wrote: >the /etc/hostname.em0 has 'inet <static IP> 255.255.255.0 NONE' in it. > >I can resolve using the gateway as my nameserver in /etc/resolve.conf > >the thing won't allow any traffic to go out - I am trying to ping >yahoo.com... > >But if i update /etc/hostname.em0 to DHCP and do a dhclient - it work.. No >issue.
Then stick to DHCP. Why do you want to hardcode the IP to hostname.em0? >What I am doing wrong or missing ? It's very well possible that the DHCP request does a lot more on the other end than just send you an IP. (set a route to your end, for example). Without the DHCP request, this won't happen, hence the problems you're seeing. Maurice
