> hi ya curtis > > what is the output of > > root# route -nv Debian3800:~# route -nv Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.0.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 10.0.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
> root# ifconfig -v Debian3800:~# ifconfig -v eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:D2:DE:91 inet addr:10.0.1.5 Bcast:10.0.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:30267475 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:157542 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:3128132587 (2.9 GiB) TX bytes:40244900 (38.3 MiB) Interrupt:11 Base address:0x4800 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:26119 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:26119 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:14695650 (14.0 MiB) TX bytes:14695650 (14.0 MiB) > > root# ipchains -L Debian3800:~# iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination > > root# ping 10.0.1.1 > ( a local ping of itself should always work even w/o a cable ) Debian3800:~# ping 10.0.1.1 PING 10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1): 56 data bytes (nothing else) > > am assuming you didn't manually turn off ping replies on the one host Right. Other computers can ping it. > > am also assuming you tried swapping the cable on *.1.1 with a acalbe > that worked when pinging that other machine > > c ya > alvin > > you probably have a misconfigured number in one of the files > > - and i assume you mean you can only ping any of the 253 hosts in > 10.0.1.x ( except *.0 and *.255 and *.1(broken ) right > > > On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, David Cureton wrote: > > > > > I would check the route table. Sounds like you can only reach your mail > > server because it is probably your default route. > > > > Just a thought > > Cheers > > David > > > > > > On Tuesday 08 October 2002 08:16, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > > > Strangest thing. > > > > > > Our network is 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0 > > > I can access any address in our network except 10.0.1.1, which is our > > > mail server. It won't ping it or anything. Any ideas? > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]