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I just got a HughesNet internet satellite installed and I had to go to work when the tech was installing it so he was only able to get the WiFi to work. So now I don't want to use WiFi. I want to be able to run an ethernet cable directly from the Modem to my switch which I have 3 Linux workstations on it. I was using (with my previous modem) these settings in /etc/network/interfaces:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.15
network 192.168.0.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
metric 0
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1

but now I look at the LAN settings for the modem:

IP address: 192.168.42.1
IP Subnet: 255.255.255.0

IP Address Poll:
192.168.42.100
192.168.42.149

I don't really understand the Network section of System Settings and I tried calling the help desk at Hughesnet and they are totally useless.

I can access the internet over the WiFi using my laptop which is very slow. So I would like to use the ethernet cable to at least my main Linux desktop. I'm using the interfaces file from one of the other workstations which the address is 192.168.0.15.

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  • You have to change you ip from 192.168.0.x to 192.168.42.x , change the 3rd digit, keep the first, second, and 4th digit the same.
    – Panther
    Jul 21, 2017 at 17:53
  • I did that plus, I also changed the network, netmask, broadcast, gateway and dns-nameservers to xx.xx.42.xx Jul 21, 2017 at 18:25
  • (sorry - hit return by mistake) and I also found a screen in the modem setup called LAN DHCP where you can specify the mac address and ip address of the workstations. I can also ping 192.168.42.1 from the workstation. Jul 21, 2017 at 18:29
  • try specifying ip address of your workstations. You may need to then restart networking. 192.168.42.1 is your gateway so should be working. If not, what problem do you have ? Could be a dns problem .....
    – Panther
    Jul 21, 2017 at 18:31
  • my /etc/network/interfaces file looks like this: auto eth0; iface eth0 inet static;address 192.168.42.15;network 192.168.42.0;netmask 255.255.255.0;broadcast 192.168.42.255;gateway 192.168.42.1;metric 0;dns-nameservers 192.168.42.1 Jul 21, 2017 at 18:56

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From the discussion this problem was solved by:

  1. changing to the correct subnet, so address 192.168.0.15 was changed to address 192.168.42.15 so address 192.168.42.x changing the third "0" to "42" .

  2. Setting dns to 8.8.8.8

    dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8

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