I am setting up Ubuntu Server 14.04 using VirtualBox on an iMac running OS X Yosemite. I know very little about setting up network information, and cannot get Ubuntu connected to the internet (though I can ssh into the server). I would like to use a bridged adapter with a static IP. Below I have a few piece of helpful (I hope) information. Let me know if I should include something else.
My current /etc/network/interfaces file:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.0.1.251
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.1.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
The results of ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:13:0c:ba
inet addr:10.0.1.251 Bcast:10.0.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe13:cba/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2601:444:c000:33f4:a00:27ff:fe13:cba/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:920 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:539 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:84566 (84.5 KB) TX bytes:75947 (75.9 KB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5752 (5.7 KB) TX bytes:5752 (5.7 KB)
Results of an attempt to ping 8.8.8.8:
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.0.1.251 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.251 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.251 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.251 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.251 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.1.251 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 0 received, +6 errors, 100% packet loss, time 6999ms
pipe 4
If I try to ping any other website, it just hangs there until it eventually says, ping: unknown host www.google.com (or whatever website I tried).
What is causing this problem, and what can I do to fix it? Let me know if I can include other helpful information.
Thanks
