Debian sarge installer issues

[Kooldino]

Trying to install Debian on a box at work...and while I can ping the network, I can't connect to the internet.

I'm using a static IP.

My gateway matches the gateway on my desktop.

I edited resolv.conf and put "nameserver x.x.x.x" for the DNS server.

I still can't ping the Internet, and I can't retreive the pacakages necessary to complete the installation. Help?

[spadnos]

Do you have a default route?

you need to do something like:
route add -default gw ip.of.your.router

You can look at the routing table by using route -n, to see if a default route is already set up.

- Steve

[Kooldino]

Thank you, God.

Wonder why it didn't prompt me for one.