Some customers have been having DNS issues after setting a static IP on Ubuntu 12.04.1 where the server is no longer picking up the DNS settings as it was before; this can be easily fixed by adding the following to /etc/network/interfaces after the eth0 entry:
dns-nameservers [ip.of.your.router]
e.g., for a modem/router that’s 10.1.1.1 on your local network, your /etc/network/interfaces file might look like:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.1.1.50
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.1.1.1
broadcast 10.1.1.255dns-nameservers 10.1.1.1
Restart your network with:
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
…then try pinging Google or something similar and you should have success 🙂
It’s generally not advisable for Australians to use nameservers located elsewhere, e.g. Google’s public DNS’ 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 – some things which are unmetered by your ISP may be metered if you do so.