Static IP but no internet?

[yakkob]

I have been searching all day to figure this one out.

I have finally figured out how to setup a static IP but when I do I end up being able to connect to my router but I don't have access to the internet...

I just got kubuntu dapper with a broadcom wireless network card that i configured with ndiswrapper. I was running windows xp previously with a static ip address.. Most of the time I have been running dhcp but I need static for some of the programs I am going to be using.

my /etc/network/interfaces file has this in it.

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.x.xxx
broadcast 192.168.x.xxx
netmask 255.255.255.0
wireless-essid ESSID
wireless-key WEPKEY

And when I sudo ifup wlan0 I can get on the router... but that's it...

I also configured the name servers but i forgot how I did that. Is it hosts.conf? Anyway it's all in /kmenu/system settings/network settings.

By the way why won't setting up static ip addresses work through the gui?

[hortimech]

Re: Static IP but no internet?

If you can contact the router using your wireless, it would seem that this is working, one thing that springs to mind is, have you set up your name servers correctly? either on the router or in /etc/resolv.conf?