sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
# 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 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address ipAddress netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway gatewayIP dns-nameservers 69.64.66.11 69.64.66.10
Once you have entered the values correctly, press Ctrl+Enter to save it with the current filename, then press Ctrl+X to exit the editor.
Provided you entered your values correctly, verify the new settings by retyping the cat command:
cat /etc/network/interfaces # 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 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 123.45.67.89 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 123.45.67.1 dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
Apply setting to Interface
After you have determined the values entered are correct, restart networking with the following command:
sudo service networking restart stop: Unknown instance: networking stop/waiting administrator@ubuntu:~#
Verify it works
To verify the resolvers are working, simply ping a known domain.
ping google.com PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=45 time=42.1 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=2 ttl=45 time=42.2 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=3 ttl=45 time=42.0 ms