dhcp works but static doesn't

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The dig command will only display DNS queries.

For gateway info:
netstat -r
or
route

For IP address, netmask, broadcast:
ifconfig -a

thanks underscore for your help. what if i don't have network properly configured beforehand? actually all these refer not neccesarily to ethernet connection but wireless network through router. i get errors saying 'hostname not found' when i try to set gateway by 'ifconfig eth1 gw xxx.xxx.x.1'. i can see access points in iwconfig. now, at this stage i know from experience if i do 'dhcpcd eth1' internet connection is there. but if i try to do it static ip it doesn't seem to work.