Re: [ALUG] Why am I seeing "Waiting for Network Configuration" when I have configured a static address?

On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:51:29 +0000 Chris Green cl@isbd.net allegedly wrote:

So, I have configured my desktop to have a static IP on the LAN with /etc/network/interfaces containing:-

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.4
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-domain zbmc.eu
dns-search zbmc.eu
dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1 195.74.113.58 194.72.0.114

auto eth0

That 127.0.0.1 in the dns-nameservers is (I believe) correct, it makes dnsmasq act as a local caching nameserver.

If your desktop is running a version of ubuntu, I think you will find that port 53 is open on address 127.0.1.1, not the more usual local loopback.

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