On Sunday 24 September 2017 11:59:57 Alan Corey wrote: > But what's the purpose of having the gateway fields in interfaces if > not to to be reliant on the routing table? > > But it's worth a shot, something like > route add default gw 192.168.71.1
That was it! Now I've used apt to update 5 packages, and its now installing synaptic and all its 2nd and 3rd cousins. 112 megs worth. I did ask it to install xfce, but it couldn't find it. I'll try lxde next, but its entirely too simple. With xfce I can set up 4 workspaces/windows and the survive a reboot. You can add them in lxde, but they don't survive a reboot. Anyway, progress, sorta. I am going to put that command in rc.local just for S&G. Oh, oh, I had to create that file, does not bode well. But we'll find out I guess. Thanks Alan, a bunch. I owe you a cold one. :) > It's simple enough to undo it with > route del default > to take it back out if it doesn't work. > > I dunno, I haven't manually messed with routing tables in years. They > can be a bear on a laptop that gets moved between networks but since > I retired my laptop never goes anywhere. Gateway is one of the fields > handled by DHCP but it looks like you don't use that. > > Never liked DHCP much but I'm getting used to it since my phone (wifi > router) doesn't give me a choice. I set up machine names in > /etc/hostname and those become visible over the air. So I can ping, > ftp, ssh whatever upstairs, zero, hp but only as long as I keep my > phone bill paid and it all works. > > On 9/24/17, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > On Sunday 24 September 2017 04:34:50 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > >> On 23/09/17 20:00, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > >> I'd suggest checking using traceroute -I and then looking at > >> route -n and/or ip route ls which should give you a bit more of > >> an indication of what's going on. IME this sort of thing is usually > >> because the router isn't NATting the entire 192.168.x.x range. > > > > As said before, traceroute is not installed. > > > > But I may have found a buglet. > > > > In the route -n output, no gateway has been assigned: > > > > root@rock64Sheldon:/etc/network/interfaces.d# route -n > > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref > > Use Iface > > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 202 0 > > 0 eth0 > > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 202 0 > > 0 eth0 > > 192.168.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 > > 0 eth0 > > > > yet in /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0 it is: > > allow-hotplug eth0 > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.71.2/24 > > gateway 192.168.71.1 > > ============================= > > Same stuff from the pi running jessie > > auto eth0 > > > > # regular network for coyote.den > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.71.12 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > gateway 192.168.71.1 > > > > And pi@picnc:~ $ route -n > > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref > > Use Iface > > 0.0.0.0 192.168.71.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 > > 0 eth0 > > 192.168.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 > > 0 eth0 > > > > end of jessie version > > > > Of course its not going to work w/o a gateway, but wth? > > > > Need a coffee IV. > > > > Thanks Mark. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>