I have just installed a fresh copy of CentOs 6.4 on a dedicated server. I'm new to linux and trying to learn it. The dedicated server has no network connectivity (I can't ping any hostnames or IP addresses).
If I run route it is empty.
My /ifcfg-eth0 contains the following:
DEVICE=eth0
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=c3100ae4-7059-4307-bc40-dc37e989792e
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=00:25:90:D3:1A
IPADDR=76.164.xxx.xxx(This is set at the IP I was given as the main server IP. Should this be the block rather than the single IP I was given?)
PREFIX=29
GATEWAY=76.164.xxx.xxx (This was given to me by the host)
NETMASK = 255.255.255.248
DNS1=8.8.8.8.
DNS2=8.8.4.4
DEFROUTE=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
NAME="System eth0"
ifconfig eth0 outputs the following:
Link Encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:90:D3:1A:AC
inet 6 addr: f e80::225:90ff:fed3:1aac/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Rx Packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
Tx Packets: 12 error:0 dropped: 0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3360 (3.2KiB) Tx bytes:2520 (2.4 KiB)
Memory: f7200000-f7280000
What do I do now to get the network working? Any help would be appreciated :)
Okay. No idea what changed but on restart the network service I can now ping google. My route looks like this: Is this as it should be?
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
76.164.xxx.xxx * 255.255.255.248 U 0 0 0 eth0
link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1002 0 0 eth0
service network restart
andping
the gateway. Add the output to your question.