[PLUG] Weird network problem

Bill Barry bill at billbarry.org
Mon Oct 21 01:39:36 UTC 2013


On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Galen, for the help with my MythTV installation at the clinic
> this afternoon.
>
> When I got home from the clinic I started up the laptop, stopped the
> Myth frontend, edited /etc/network/interfaces, deleting all those
> comment signs in front of the static IP entries and putting on in front
> of the DHCP entry. Then I ran MythTV Backend Setup and changed the IP
> address in the General section to the static IP address of the machine.
>
> However I was unable to see anything through the HDHomeRun.
>
> After a bunch of fooling around I discovered that the laptop will not
> see the Internet. I am able to ping the router, and other boxes in the
> house, including the HDHomeRun. I can discover the HDHomeRun using
> hdhomerun_config discover, but I can't get anywhere with Google Chrome
> outside the house. I can see my internal web server, though.
>
> Any idea what I've missed?
>

Probably your nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf  were changed at the
clinic and you need to change them back to their previous settings for
your house.

Bill



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